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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Labour will ditch 'broken' Tory childcare model - instead of 'bolting on' free hours

Labour would move away from the Tories "broken" childcare model rather than "tinkering" around the edges by expanding free hours, the party's education chief has said.

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson blasted the Government for "failing families" with a chaotic childcare offer that prices parents out of the workplace.

She said it was time for a complete overhaul of the "complex and confused" system - and "bolting on" more hours would not fix issues of provision and cost.

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