Nursery World - Government to look at ways to reduce childcare costs

The Prime Minister has revealed that Government is looking at ways to reduce childcare costs to further ease the financial ‘pressures’ on families.

The prime minister Boris Johnson has said the Government is looking at ways to reduce the cost of childcare, PHOTO - The PM on a visit to Busy Bees in Heathrow last month

It comes just weeks after Children and families minister Will Quince said that the Department for Education (DfE) is going to carry out a review into the regulation of early years settings, visiting countries including France and the Netherlands to see how they ‘do things differently.’

Speaking to Cabinet today, Boris Johnson said, ‘whilst our recovery from the global pandemic was faster than anybody previously expected, continued disruptions in the global economy, including in China where widespread lockdowns are still taking place – coupled with Putin’s continued crazed malevolence in Ukraine - meant the public was facing real pressures and that the Government would continue to be on their side.’

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