Nurseries

Childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's age.

Volunteers say financial and staffing demands mean many of them may not be able to carry on.

Nursery places can difficult to find, particularly in certain areas - so why have successive governments not yet found a solution?

Parents of nine-month-old who died at a nursery call for stronger safeguarding measures.

Schools were invited to apply for funding to create new nurseries or add additional places.

The Coram charity's survey shows annual nursery costs for a child under two in England have fallen.

Bosses in the early years sector say the government's uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.

The government says it is "determined to create a reformed, sustainable early years system".