Rishi Sunak has been forced to defend England's childcare system after a Newcastle MP said that it was "in crisis" and raised concerns over the proposals laid out earlier this month.
The Prime Minister appeared in front of the Commons Liaison Committee on Tuesday to answer questions on the financial support detailed in the Budget. One of the major announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on March 15 was that working parents will be offered up to 30 hours of free childcare a week for children as young as nine months.
Catherine McKinnell, the Labour MP for Newcastle North and Petitions Committee chairwoman, asked Sunak: "The childcare system is in crisis, would you agree?" The MP went on to suggest that parents currently spending 30% of their household income on childcare "would say that it is currently in crisis".
