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Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29 File photo dated 24/01/2016 of a preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks. Working parents of toddlers are being encouraged to register to access 15 hours of free childcare per week in the new year. Issue date: Wednesday November 29, 2023. PA Photo. Applications open on January 2 for the first wave of the rollout of reforms expanding the amount of free childcare, the Department for Education said. A childminder start-up grant - ?600 for those who register with Ofsted and ?1,200 for those who register with a childminder agency - will also launch on Thursday. See PA story POLITICS Childcare. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, takes a question and answer session at Bournemouth International Centre on September 24, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. The Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party by number of votes in the UK. Led by Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, they campaign on seven core values: liberty, equality, democracy, community, human rights, internationalism, and environmentalism. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, takes a question and answer session at Bournemouth International Centre on September 24, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. The Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party by number of votes in the UK. Led by Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, they campaign on seven core values: liberty, equality, democracy, community, human rights, internationalism, and environmentalism. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 18/7/2023 of Suella Braverman who has suggested a shake-up of international rules could be needed to tackle the migrant crisis ahead of a major speech in the United States. The Home Secretary questioned whether conventions and legal frameworks designed more than half a century ago are still "fit for purpose". Issue date: Sunday September 24, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Braverman. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 18/7/2023 of Suella Braverman who has suggested a shake-up of international rules could be needed to tackle the migrant crisis ahead of a major speech in the United States. The Home Secretary questioned whether conventions and legal frameworks designed more than half a century ago are still "fit for purpose". Issue date: Sunday September 24, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Braverman. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds with Labour's Mid Bedfordshire by-election candidate Alistair Strathern meeting local activists while canvassing ahead of the by-election following the resignation of sitting MP Nadine Dorries. Picture date: Sunday August 27, 2023. PA Photo. The Tory former culture secretary is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday See PA story POLITICS Dorries. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds with Labour's Mid Bedfordshire by-election candidate Alistair Strathern meeting local activists while canvassing ahead of the by-election following the resignation of sitting MP Nadine Dorries. Picture date: Sunday August 27, 2023. PA Photo. The Tory former culture secretary is expected to leave her parliamentary seat on Tuesday after notifying the Chancellor of her intention to do so on Saturday See PA story POLITICS Dorries. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, gets tipped into the water after kayaking at Sandbanks, on September 24, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. The Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party by number of votes in the UK. Led by Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, they campaign on seven core values: liberty, equality, democracy, community, human rights, internationalism, and environmentalism. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 24: Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, gets tipped into the water after kayaking at Sandbanks, on September 24, 2023 in Bournemouth, England. The Liberal Democrats are the third largest political party by number of votes in the UK. Led by Ed Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, they campaign on seven core values: liberty, equality, democracy, community, human rights, internationalism, and environmentalism. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)