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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt announces multibillion expansion of free childcare

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Jeremy Hunt has promised a major expansion in state-funded childcare in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth.

He promised up to 30 hours a week of free childcare for eligible households in England with children as young as nine months, instead of three and four-year-olds under the current policy.

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