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Are we funding childcare the right way? - BBC Newsnight
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September 1, 2017
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6:26Now PlayingChildcare in the UK is just about the most expensive in the world. A full time nursery place can cost more than £150 per week, per child. So there should be plenty of parents of 3 and 4 year olds in England celebrating the news that from September 1 they're eligible for an extra 15 hours of free childcare at an Ofsted registered nursery. And that's on top of the 15 hours they already get. But are we funding free childcare the right way? Should it be for everyone? Only for working parents? Or only for those who need it most? Is it time for a radical rethink on what free childcare is for? Former Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell and the LGA’s Vice Chairman David Simmonds discuss.
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