Worryingly, our research with Nursery World, published this year, suggests that an increasing number of young children may be asked to bring their own food to nursery or pre-school, rather than being served with meals and snacks by their provider, as the government
extends free childcare and concerns about funding remain.
LITRG said it is wholly supportive of
extending free childcare to 30 hours and also of the Government's support for childcare through the tax - free childcare scheme.
If they did, they might demand a big prize in return, such as PR for local elections,
extended free childcare, progress on Lords reform and less brutal welfare cuts.
Not exact matches
LITRG told the Government in its response to the
Childcare free entitlement: delivery model consultation, 2 that it is extremely concerned about the potential impact of an increase in minimum income limits for both the extended provision of free childcare and the delayed tax free childcare scheme, as announced in the Autumn Statem
Childcare free entitlement: delivery model consultation, 2 that it is extremely concerned about the potential impact of an increase in minimum income limits for both the
extended provision of
free childcare and the delayed tax free childcare scheme, as announced in the Autumn Statem
childcare and the delayed tax
free childcare scheme, as announced in the Autumn Statem
childcare scheme, as announced in the Autumn Statement 2015.
«Now that a commitment has been made to
extend the number of
free early education places, the challenge remains how to ensure the
childcare sector is supported to deliver these places.»
This is exactly why the Welsh Liberal Democrats continue to call for high quality
childcare, universal
free school meals for all infants, and for our Pupil Deprivation Grant to be
extended to nursery school pupils.
A cross-party group of MPs have called for the government's 30 hours
free childcare initiative to be
extended to all children.