4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (429+ words) President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating a White House commission built specifically to address the practical problems military spouses say they face every day, from housing shortages to gaps in childcare. The move turns years of individual…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (286+ words) Mayfield Childcare - which operates 45 long daycare centres in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia - has withdrawn earning guidance delivered in March, becoming the third ASX-listed chain to cite tough trading conditions in 2026. "The operating environment across the early childhood education and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (346+ words) A NURSERY which provided childcare at a hospital in Glasgow for almost 20 years has fallen into liquidation with all jobs lost. Clever Clogs Nursery provided childcare for staff at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow but ceased trading on June 5 following a…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) A lack of flexible working arrangements is forcing parents out of employment, trade unions have cautioned. New research from the TUC, which surveyed 500 parents with children under the age of seven, found that one in three had left a job…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (437+ words) Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the government’s expansion of funded childcare hours. Phillipson has written to the Competition and Markets Authority…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (449+ words) The gap shows up clearly in how the CPI is constructed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics assigns each category a “relative importance” weight based on average household spending. As of December 2025, the combined category of tuition, school fees, and childcare…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (439+ words) Washington state's child care subsidy system sent an extrapolated $37 million (£28 million) in questionable payments to providers in a single fiscal year, a new audit has found, after four consecutive years in which auditors couldn't trace where hundreds of millions in…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) Police should have greater access to child safety measures to improve protections within childcare centres, a report has found. A parliamentary inquiry into early childhood education safety said serious concerns had been raised about standards in the sector and whether…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (470+ words) Missouri's proposed state budget would cut $51 million from child care subsidies, alarming working families and child care providers who say the change could force parents out of the workforce and destabilize centers that already operate on thin margins. A substitute…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (413+ words) "As part of my plan to support every county statewide, this new pilot program will help counties develop and expand new models for providing child care for families, regardless of their income status," Hochul boasted on January 14. Hochul, Mamdani, and…...