Early years charity Kindred Squared ran a snapshot poll of 2,500 adults in England and Wales from 21 June to 1 July to find out how far those who do say they value early years would go to support greater investment.
Using the £5 GP charge as a ‘simple, universal and easily understood’ way of doing this, the results found that support for increased investment in early years rises as people get older but there is a generational divide, with younger age groups more willing to pay a small fee OF £5 for GP services to fund early years (41 per cent) compared to older demographics.
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