The Childcare Affordability Programme (CAP) was launched in London in 2005 to address what mayor Ken Livingstone called a serious lack of affordable childcare in the capital. Now, as it heads towards the end of its £33m funding period at the end of November, a question mark hangs over its future.
As Denise Burke, head of childcare at the London Development Agency, says, 'If the existing mayor is re-elected there will be a commitment to the programme, but neither the Conservative nor Liberal Democrat candidates have made such a pledge yet.'
Providing quality places
The programme represents the largest childcare investment programme designed specifically to address the childcare affordability issue in London.
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