If Labour gets into power, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has pledged to build 100,000 more childcare places and 3,000 new nurseries. According to the idea, classrooms that have remained unoccupied due to declining birth rates would be converted and put to use. The funding for these conversions will come from the proceeds of discontinuing tax benefits for private schools.
In terms of Prime Minister Sadiq Khan’s extension of free school meals in London primary schools, Ms Phillipson claims everything that is set out in the manifesto is “fully funded and fully costed”.
