Research by the National Day Nurseries Association, carried out with parenting website Netmums, found that eight out of ten families expected to take all the free hours of childcare that would be offered to them.
The survey of 1,000 parents and carers of under-fives found that:
Comments included, ‘I left my job because most of my salary went on childcare but if childcare was free, working would be worth it’, and ‘The only reason I can’t work at the moment is the lack of childcare.’
Chief executive of NDNA, Purnima Tanuku, said, ‘This shows the Government’s offer of more childcare hours is wanted and needed and already eagerly anticipated.
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