{"id":2814,"date":"2016-01-27T07:01:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-childcare-policies-failing-poor-families-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T04:24:50","slug":"uk-childcare-policies-failing-poor-families-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-childcare-policies-failing-poor-families-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"UK childcare policies failing poor families, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nStudy by Family and Childcare Trust finds children at risk of poverty rarely have consistent access to high quality early years care The government\u2019s main childcare policies are fragmented, uneven and failing to deliver for families in poverty, according to a new report.The study by the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) says that from next year \u00a37.2bn of public funding \u2013 which constitutes 0.48% of GDP \u2013 will be allocated to childcare spending, yet evidence shows that low-income families are still losing out. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/jan\/27\/uk-childcare-policies-failing-poor-families-report-finds\" target=\"_blank\">UK childcare policies failing poor families, report finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Study by Family and Childcare Trust finds children at risk of poverty rarely have consistent&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Jo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51889,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cost-of-childcare-so-high-that-it-does-not-pay-uk-families-to-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":0},"title":"Cost of childcare so high that it does not pay UK families to work","date":"February 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Family and Childcare Trust report finds some nursery costs have risen by a third in five years, making it cheaper for one parent to stay at home to care for children Childcare is now so expensive that families are increasingly better off if one parent gives up work to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58582,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tories-30-hour-free-childcare-plan-fails-to-target-poor-families-says-expert\/","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":1},"title":"Tories&#039; 30-hour free childcare plan fails to target poor families, says expert","date":"June 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r OECD education director welcomes scheme but questions government\u2019s decision to focus on working parentsThe government\u2019s plan to provide 30-hours free childcare has been criticised by a leading global education expert for failing to target the most disadvantaged families whose children stand to gain the most.Andreas Schleicher, education director of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47733,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-helping-hand-with-childcare-options-to-make-your-child-and-wallet-happy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":2},"title":"A helping hand with childcare: options to make your child and wallet happy","date":"March 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The government has unveiled another scheme that aims to lessen the costs of looking after your childrenNews that the UK ranks highly\u00a0among the most expensive countries in the developed world for childcare will come as little surprise to those families spending an average of \u00a36,000 a year on a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1848,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/no-time-for-childcare-grandparents-to-take-it-easy-theyre-worth-2000-a-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":3},"title":"No time for childcare grandparents to take it easy, they\u2019re worth \u00a32,000 a year","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Granny and grandad now spend around nine hours a week as carers. 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