Free childcare plan: ‘Why do we have to wait?’
Eligible under-5s will get 30 hours free care from September 2025, but some fear this is too far off. …
Joeli Brearley, founder and chief executive of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, says: “There’s no evidence that it will reduce costs, but there is evidence that it will reduce quality and of course the first five years of a child’s life are foundational to their future and so we will pay for this further down the line.”