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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Eleanor Busby

Childcare blow for hard-up parents as survey shows most nurseries plan to cut funded places

Many childcare providers in England will be forced to limit the number of Government-funded places on offer to parents and increase prices due to financial pressures, a charity has warned.

Early years settings face a “perfect storm of challenges” due to national insurance and minimum wage rises and “many will not be able to survive”, according to the Early Years Alliance (EYA).

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