Nursery World - Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Labour says that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by more than 80 per cent since 2010 PHOTO Adobe Stock

Labour has said the Government is 'failing families', as the cost of childcare has risen a third faster than inflation, and nurseries are warning that inflation and other rising costs will lead them to have no choice but to increase fees for parents.

At the same time, workers have seen their pay fall, with wages £12 per week lower in real terms than in 2008, it said.

Labour's analysis uses figures from the Coram 2023 Childcare Survey for average childcare costs and tracks them against the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ONS - Inflation and Price Indices (Time Series).

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