According to the new analysis by Ceeda, after adjusting average funding rates for inflation, 60 councils in England paid childcare providers less per hour for funded three- and four-year-old places in 2017/18 than in 2013/14.
It finds this has impacted 10,698 nurseries and pre-schools (44 per cent of the total registered) and 17,260 childminders (43 per cent of the total registered) who are based in these local authority areas.
Ceeda warns that parents are likely to see increased childcare costs with falling funding rates unless something is done and calls upon the Chancellor to invest more in childcare within today's Budget.
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