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We were excited to get ‘free’ childcare for our son. Then the government said he didn’t exist | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/08/free-childcare-son-government-nursery-hours-two-year-olds
#Childcare
#FreeChildcare
#Unaffordable
#Codes
#BadlyAdministered
#PregnantThenScrewed
#Underfunding
#GovUnderfunding
#SEN
#Disabilities
#Disabled
#AdditionalSupport
#ChildWellbeing
#Education
#GettingParentsIntoWork
💷 The UK has the second most expensive #childcare in the developed world
💷 For two-thirds of families, childcare costs are the same or more as their rent or mortgage
👶 One in ten parents have left their job due to childcare issues
👶 57% have had to reduce the hours that they work due to childcare cost or availability
Some stats from Joeli Brearley, CEO of #PregnantThenScrewed - more here👇
https://www.ft.com/content/efd2300d-aa67-48cf-9c80-29b286458d83
“The early years funding system in this country is broken and the way in which the government views and treats our vital sector needs an urgent rethink before it completely implodes” - Early Years Alliance
#UKPolitics #Childcare #PregnantThenScrewed #EarlyYearsFunding