Data obtained through Freedom of Information requests by Lucy Powell MP, Labour’s shadow minister for childcare and children, shows that 43 per cent of councils will be unable to offer sufficient nursery and childminder places for 40 per cent of two-year-olds.
Lucy Powell MP said, ‘Despite plenty of warning, the Government is way off track in delivering its flagship childcare policy for two-year-olds. David Cameron promised 260,000 parents and children a free 15-hour place this September, yet with just three months to go Ministers are failing to deliver. Nearly half of councils lack sufficient places; and two thirds of council’s don’t have enough quality places to make the biggest difference to children’s life chances.’
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