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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey and Alexandra Topping

Hunt criticised by boss of childcare company that Sunak’s wife invests in

A man plays with a child at a playground at a nursery
The chief executive of a childcare agency said that no extra funding for the sector ‘beggars belief’. Photograph: sturti/Getty Images

The head of a childcare company backed by the prime minister’s wife has attacked the government following the autumn statement, accusing ministers of letting nurseries go bust.

Rachel Carrell, the chief executive of Koru Kids, criticised a failure to allocate extra money for the childcare sector despite many providers saying that they could go out of business under changes brought in earlier this year.

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