In just over a month, the Government will introduce the first phase of a package of reforms it hopes will fix the UK’s broken childcare system.
The expansion of funded hours for working parents in April could be a big stride towards tackling a problem that is holding back businesses and our economy, as well as damaging the career prospects of parents and carers. But unless it is urgently matched by adequate funding this change will place additional pressure on already stretched childcare services, potentially disappointing parents up and down the country, and making it harder for them to get into work.
