How effective will the new childcare changes be for working parents in England?

We speak to the Head of Coram Family and Childcare to find out what they think about the changes to childcare in England.

Transcript

00:00 Yeah, so it's great to have more childcare funding. Childcare is an essential investment.

00:05 It allows parents to work and it gives children the best start in life and can put disadvantaged

00:12 children on a much more even playing field. For those families in March, for example,

00:18 Coram Family and Childcare's annual survey found that a part-time nursery place for a

00:23 child under two costs an average of £158 per week and that's up 7% since last year.

00:31 Those costs are simply unaffordable for many parents that we speak to, especially at a

00:36 time when so many other costs are rising and it can leave parents in a position where they

00:41 can't afford to work and they can't afford not to work. No child or parent should be

00:47 blocked out from accessing the support that they need and we really need to fix the problems,

00:53 ensure that the sector has adequate funding to meet those needs.

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