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...The DfE said on Friday that 195,355 two-year-olds were already accessing the new government-funded places in April....
...Today is Tuesday, April 23rd, and this is your FT News Briefing....
...Thursday’s small gain left the S&P 500 up 10.2 per cent this year, while the Nasdaq Composite has added 9 per cent....
...Jennifer Hughes No. Sonja Hutson Jen Hughes is the FT’s US markets editor. Thanks, Jen. Jennifer Hughes Thank you....
...Despite Thursday’s so-so performance, the S&P will close out the quarter with its best start to the year since 2019, up about 10 per cent....
...The Nasdaq Composite, which pushed past its previous 2021 peaks on Thursday, ended Friday up 1.1 per cent while the S&P 500, which has enjoyed several new peaks in recent weeks, added 0.8 per cent....
...Sonja HutsonJen Hughes is the FT’s US markets editor. Thanks, Jen. Jennifer HughesThank you....
...In the US, the S&P 500 has added 7.9 per cent....
...Jeremy Hunt said the Treasury will look to introduce a household based system by April 2026. The policy has drawn an angry backlash from some parents on middle incomes over the last decade....
...As of April 1, the 30 hours of free care a week for three- and four-year-olds in England is being widened gradually to all infants over nine months who have two working parents earning at least the equivalent...
...Wall Street ended lower on Thursday as stronger than expected producer prices undermined an early rally, leaving the S&P 500 to close down 0.3 per cent....
...Since a painful 10 per cent correction between July and October, the S&P 500 has risen more than 25 per cent....
...Wall Street ended lower on Thursday as stronger-than-expected producer prices undermined an early rally, leaving the S&P 500 to close down 0.3 per cent....
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...From April, the national average funding rate for three and four-year-olds will increase from £5.62 to £5.88....
...The closely watched S&P Global flash UK composite output index rose to 54 in April from 52.8 in March, well above the 52.6 forecast by economists polled by Reuters....
...The S&P 500 index of blue-chip companies is up more than 9 per cent since the start of the year....
...The British Medical Association said the offer includes an extra £3,000 for senior doctors, who are between four and seven years into their careers, in addition to a 6 per cent rise last April....
...families on Wednesday by raising the threshold at which parents are charged for claiming child benefit from £50,000 to £60,000, saving nearly half a million households an average of £1,260 a year from April...
...Hopes for capital raising have been bolstered by a stock market rally that has lifted the S&P 500 index to a record high, gaining 27 per cent since a late-October low....
...In 2022, the NHS said it would eradicate 18-month waits by April last year....
...The benchmark S&P 500 has climbed 19 per cent in six months, while volatility — a threat to would-be floats — has remained low....
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