NEWS
Short news updates from the early years sector and beyond.
Early years providers in Ireland are now entitled to new minimum hourly rates of pay, giving 70% of staff in the sector a pay increase.
Holding a baby while walking is said to be the best method to soothe them, according to researchers at the RIKEN Centre in Japan.
The government is reportedly reconsidering its anti-obesity strategy, including the sugar tax and advertising restrictions, in the light of the cost-of-living crisis.