Nursery World - Parties accused of not spelling out consequences of manifestos

According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, under the Conservatives there would be a real-term fall in school spending, while the benefit of Labour's childcare expansion would be modest.

In its analysis of the main political parties' manifestos, published today, the think-tank claims that Labour's proposals to extend the free entitlement represent a ‘significant’ new cost to public finances, while the benefit for children’s development and mothers’ employment is likely to be modest.

Labour is proposing to extend the 30 hours of free childcare to all three- and four-year-olds, as well as introduce a universal 15-hour offer to two-year-olds, which would start in 2020-21 and rise to 30 hours a week the following year. The party also wants to subsidise additional care over and above its proposed extended free entitlement, offer some free childcare for one-year-olds and extend maternity pay to 12 months in the longer term.

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