Tracy Brabin MP comments on report by Pre-school Learning Alliance

Tracy Brabin MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Early Years, commenting on a report by Pre-school Learning Alliance which has shown that as a result of underfunding, parents are being forced to pay for the Government’s 30 hour ‘free’ childcare scheme, said:

“These findings show what many parents already know, that under the Tories ‘free childcare’ often doesn’t mean ‘free childcare’.

“The Government’s underfunding of such an important policy has left providers with no choice but to shift costs onto parents and the funding shortfall is already causing damage with providers leaving the sector at an alarming rate.

“Only the next Labour government will deliver 30 hours of properly funded childcare per week to all children aged between 2-4.”