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Can the Tories actually make their free extra childcare plan work?

12 March 2024

4:12 AM

12 March 2024

4:12 AM

Is the government’s expansion of free childcare actually going to work? The early years sector says not. They have warned that parents of two year olds won’t get the 15 funded hours they have been promised without eye-watering fee hikes overall – and that some nurseries may even be forced to close because they simply can’t balance the books.

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