
Doubling of free childcare brought forward to 2016

The government has formally announced its plans to double free childcare hours for three and four-year-old children and expects to introduce the measures next year.
Families earning up to £150,000 per year will be able to claim the free childcare - a limit claimed as excessive by critics. The policy was part of the Conservative manifesto and featured in last week's...
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