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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan Bunn

Charities sound alarm over migrant parents being denied vital childcare

PA Wire

Charities have called for an end to potentially hundreds of thousands of migrant parents being denied access to crucial free childcare because they are categorised as “not present” in the UK.

A letter sent to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, signed by 21 organisations supporting families and exclusively shared with the PA news agency, said the current restrictions imposed on support could have “severe consequences” for vulnerable children.

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