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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Funded childcare in Tory budget comes ‘too late’ and leaves parents ‘deflated’

PA Wire

Parents across the UK have said the Chancellor’s Budget announcement that includes a plan to extend funded childcare to children from nine months to two years old has arrived “too late”.

Some also described losing thousands of pounds a year after hopes that many could return to work were quashed by a 2024 implementation date.

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