Sentences with phrase «doubling free childcare»

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

«We're committed to supporting parents with the cost of bringing up children, we've doubled free childcare, Child Benefit is available for all children in a household, and we continue to spend around # 90 billion a year to ensure a strong safety net for the most vulnerable.»

«We've doubled free childcare to help parents into work, and continue to spend over # 90 billion a year on support for those who need it, including those who are bringing up a family or on a low income.»

David Cameron will on Monday pledge to bring forward his plans to double free childcare a year early — although a leading group of nurseries and other providers has warned that the scheme could end up costing many parents more.

«We are making good progress with social mobility — we have increased the national living wage, cut income tax for the lowest paid and doubled free childcare.

Not exact matches

Two in particular stand out: a promise to double the number of free hours of childcare for working parents of three - and four - year - olds to 30 hours per week, and a pledge to increase spending on the NHS by # 8 billion per year.

Free childcare will be doubled.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade