The National Day Nurseries Association, the Pre-School learning Alliance, and the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY), are concerned that there will be a repeat of the 2015 general election, when political parties rushed to make families promises of free childcare that were underfunded to the tune of hundreds of millions, according to exclusive analysis for Nursery World from 2015.
Working parents of three- and four-year-olds were promised 30-hours in the Conservative manifesto, while Labour pledged 25 hours, and the Liberal Democrats promised 20 hours a week for children aged two- to four-year-olds.
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