After a confident performance on TV last night, Jeremy Corbyn today came unstuck when quizzed on the radio about how much Labour's plan for
universal free childcare would cost.
Not exact matches
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has urged the Government to provide greater clarity to parents on the many recent and planned changes to child support.1 The tax campaigners are concerned that the
childcare support landscape has become very complex and it is difficult for parents to understand how schemes are supposed to interact, such as tax credits, the planned tax
free childcare (TFC),
universal credit,
free childcare entitlement and
childcare vouchers.
Other policies include building a million new homes, half of which would be council homes,
universal public
childcare and the «progressive restoration» of
free university education.
More than a million children and their families will benefit from Labour plans for
universal provision of 30 hours of
free childcare a week for all two to four - year - olds.
Cameron replied that the NAO report credited the Government for «successfully implementing the entitlement to
free childcare for three and four - year - olds with almost
universal take - up of entitlement».
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.
«
Free universal childcare is a vital part of our plan for an Opportunity Economy.
We also need
free universal childcare and school meals, and to invest and expand quality public housing.»
Free universal, pre-school
childcare for working families to reduce barriers to employment and cut family bills (cost: # 10.3 bn)
For example, studies of the
universal childcare program in Quebec, Canada have found that its introduction generated a very large increase in the use of
childcare as parents who would otherwise have cared for their children at home took advantage of the
free service.
From 21 August 2017, a new
universal childcare subsidy is available to children in Tusla registered
childcare who are above the age of 6 months but below the age when they can start the
free Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme.