Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds | Childcare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/jul/19/summer-holiday-childcare-in-uk-now-costs-1000-a-child-research-finds

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'#InfanMortality is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of #ToryCruelty

Grim figures show that #children in #poverty are dying needlessly. We desperately need a government that puts them first'

'#NuffieldFoundation reported in 2021 that #Britain’s rate of infant deaths was 30% above the median across #EU countries.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/infant-mortality-births-children-tory-government
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'England should ditch its school calendar “stuck in place since Victorian times” and replace it with shorter summer holidays and longer half-term breaks to improve the lives of pupils and teachers, according to a new report.'

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/26/school-summer-holidays-half-term-england-calendar-nuffield-foundation-report

Nuffield Foundation: "summer holidays in state schools reduced from six weeks to four, while half-term breaks in autumn and winter could each be extended from one week to two."

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