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US judge blocks detention of British social media campaigner
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JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall
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How can working parents get 30 hours of free childcare?
Posted onGetty Images Working parents of children aged between nine months and four years old in England now have access to 30 hours a week of childcare during term time. Ministers say 530,000 more children are benefiting from government-funded childcare since the free hours scheme expansion began. But there are continuing concerns about the number of…
