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Dame Rachel de Souza says No 10’s focus on carer-to-child ratios is ‘depressing’ and now is the time to redefine childcare The children’s commissioner for England has poured cold water on Liz Truss’s proposal to scrap regulations governing child-to-staff ratios in nurseries, describing it as tinkering around the edges and calling instead for ambitious and transformative reform of the childcare sector. In an interview with the Guardian, Dame Rachel de Souza said children’s safety and wellbeing must be “paramount” in any plans to reform childcare and she said she thought it was “really depressing” if the current conversation about childcare…

Research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows impact of increasing benefits in line with earnings, not inflation At least one in five working-age families in most UK constituencies – including in Liz Truss’s seat – would lose out by hundreds of pounds on average if real-terms benefit cuts go ahead, a study has found. The scale of the impact of a below-inflation rise on already struggling households and by extension, local shops and businesses, is revealed in a study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It would amount to the biggest-ever real terms cut to benefits in a single year.…

Commons committee warns there are still shortages of staff to deal with UK’s new status as a third country UK regulators are struggling to cope with the post-Brexit trading environment because of “poor preparation and planning”, a House of Commons committee investigation has found. Almost two years after the UK quit the EU, there are still shortages of vets, toxicologists, lawyers and economists to deal with the UK’s new status as a “third country”, found the public accounts committee report, Regulating After EU Exit. Continue reading… ​Commons committee warns there are still shortages of staff to deal with UK’s new…

It is the latest dire warning about the state of the health service.

Gemini, take time for yourself and watch the world go by.

 The streaming service’s co-chief executive Reed Hastings said it was a ‘trusted measurement of how people watch television in the UK’. The streaming service’s co-chief executive Reed Hastings said it was a ‘trusted measurement of how people watch television in the UK’. 

 Candles can burn out of control in seconds, while combustible items need to be kept away from open fires, Zurich UK is warning. Candles can burn out of control in seconds, while combustible items need to be kept away from open fires, Zurich UK is warning. 

 Some 44% of hospital doctors have said they plan to step away from NHS work in the next year. Some 44% of hospital doctors have said they plan to step away from NHS work in the next year. 

 The NHS in England has announced the rollout of the ‘revolutionary’ scheme. The NHS in England has announced the rollout of the ‘revolutionary’ scheme. 

KIDS should stay in school for longer to help slash childcare costs, the Children’s Commissioner has recommended. Dame Rachel de Souza said extending the school day was the “most straightforward ap…