Nursery World - Scottish parents call on all parties to tackle 'broken childcare system'

A prominent parent-led campaign group is calling for Scotland’s political parties to fix their ‘broken childcare system’ before promising to double the free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds and vulnerable two-year-olds.

Ahead of the Scottish parliamentary elections on 5 May, Fair Funding For Our Kids (FFFOK) has written to all political parties saying that manifesto promises to extend the free entitlement are premature – and demanding recognition that the ‘childcare landscape is chaotic and confusing for many families’.

All parties are supporting an extension to the free entitlement to 30 hours per week by 2021, with the SNP pledging an additional £500 million a year by 2021, and to create 600 new early learning and childcare centres with 20,000 more qualified staff.

FFFOK has been campaigning since summer 2014 and now has new leaders who include parents Carolyn Roberts and Katherine Sangster.

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