Childcare
Should we make childhood vaccinations compulsory?
The final week of the school holidays sees many parents frantically ticking off items on their checklists in preparation for the start of term. School uniform: check, school shoes: check, new stationary: check, up to date vaccinations: hmmm that’s a slightly trickier one to tick off the list.
By Lisa Watts | Health, Notebook | Sunday, 2 September 2012 at 4:00 am
Don’t let the Government scrap Sure Start
The evidence from abroad is clear and robust: integrated education, health and welfare services can reap long-term benefits to individuals and the public purse. Politicians shouldn’t despair and axe Sure Start. Rather, it should seek innovative ways of making sure the scheme fulfils its potential.
By Ryan Shorthouse | Eagle Eye, Econoblog | Friday, 20 July 2012 at 12:15 pm
Pocket money: Our children don’t have to follow in our credit crunched footsteps
Children need to understand the value of money, where it comes from and where it goes when they have spent it.
By Dr. James Lane | Notebook | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 12:00 am
What does the Budget mean for children in poverty?
The Coalition says it wants to make work pay better than benefits. This mantra is driving the biggest overhaul of the welfare state since it was introduced. It’s also the central plank of the Coalition’s strategy to tackle child poverty, which makes sense. Working parents up and down the country are struggling to keep their children warm, well fed and clothed because they can’t earn enough, and that has to change.
By Gareth Jenkins | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 23 March 2012 at 2:14 pm
I can help the £725k Commons creche save money
This story about the House of Commons creche might, rightly, cause some irritation to people who are having to tighten their belts. The Speaker, John Bercow, made great play three years ago of making Parliament more “family friendly” for MPs by opening a creche, similar to ones in offices everywhere.
Nothing wrong with that, although [...]
By Jane Merrick | Eagle Eye, iPolitics | Wednesday, 8 February 2012 at 12:06 pm
Adoption: Change the rules, or just the implementation?
The adoption statistics just released have been hailed as evidence of a broken adoption system and prompted calls for reform, but do we need to change the rules around adoption or just the way in which the current rules are implemented?
By Alexandra Conroy-Harris | Notebook | Friday, 30 September 2011 at 10:32 am
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