Why childcare providers will be forced to limit funded places and increase prices

One provider said their setting will become unsustainable ‘unless we reduce funded places and increase our fees’ - (Alamy/PA)

Financial pressures will force childcare providers across England to limit the number of Government-funded places on offer to parents and increase prices, Early Years Alliance (EYA) has warned.

The charity said early years settings face a “perfect storm of challenges” citing national insurance and minimum wage rises as key factors that “many will not be able to survive”.