Nursery World - Prime minister says he will 'make it easier to become a childminder'

Boris Johnson has said he plans to cut childcare costs by making it easier to become a childminder.

Boris Johnson says he will reduce childcare costs by making it easier to become a childminder PHOTO UK Gov

However, it is unclear exactly how the Government will make it easier to become a childminder, a profession that is in continual decline, as well as how the move would reduce childcare fees.

Delivering a speech yesterday on reducing the cost of housing, Johnson said, ‘Over the next few weeks this Government will be setting out reforms to help people cut costs in every area of household expenditure, from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing.

‘We are on your side in cutting the costs of childcare, by making it easier to be a childminder, and making sure parents make the most of their tax-free childcare allowances that already exist but aren’t taken up.

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