Autumn Statement: Free childcare eligibility cut
The chancellor has cut eligibility for free childcare and tax-free childcare to families earning less than £100,000 and parents working more than 16 hours a week.
The policy aims to save the government £215m by 2020-21 and it will invest £300m from 2017-18 to increase the average hourly rate childcare providers receive. At least £50m will be spent on capital...
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