Parents will be watching with interest as Jeremy Hunt announces his latest spring budget this week.
Further tax cuts and public spending reductions are being discussed, but parents and carers of little ones will also be anxiously awaiting updates on the free childcare scheme that has been promised to help working families access affordable childcare earlier.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted the Government is “on track” to deliver the planned expansion of free childcare, but said there is “no guarantee” that the places will all be available by the previously planned start time of April.
