Parents of two-year olds are set for extra support with rising childcare costs from the new year. The cost of childcare is a major barrier for parents when managing work and also if trying to get ...

It is now ‘common practice’ for early years settings to ask families to pay additional charges on top of Government-funded ...

Those on certain benefits can already get: 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds, external 15 hours free childcare for three and four-year-olds, external If you do not work, you might still be ...

It comes as parents in England breathed an extra sigh of relief this week after applications opened for funded childcare support for two-year-olds. But similar supports remain unavailable to ...

Speak to your childcare provider for details on how they can offer funded hours. Working parents who have a child aged from 9 months to 2 years - children are eligible from the term after turning 9 ...

Parents in England are now entitled to 15 hours a week of free childcare for their two-year-olds. The UK government hopes the scheme, which will cover all under-5s by 2025, will get more parents ...

The plans to extend free childcare provision were announced by the then Conservative government back in 2023, with the first stage - 15 hours of childcare for two-year-olds each week - being rolled ...

Connecticut child care centers will soon be able to have more 2-year-olds in classrooms, after Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday gave the nod of approval to a regulation change that increases child ...