Nursery World - Two-thirds of parents of under-fives feel party manifestos don't go far enough in supporting families

Two-thirds of families with young children say the political parties don’t do enough to support them and are not promising enough to tackle the cost of childcare, according to a new poll by More in Common.

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The Early Education and Childcare Coalition has published new polling by More in Common that shows that 60 per cent of parents think the main parties are not doing enough to increase the availability of places, while a further 64 per cent of parents don’t feel enough is being promised to bring down the cost of childcare.

It follows the EECC’s manifesto for the new Government backed by its 35 members including trade unions, parent campaigners and business lobbying groups, which calls for better access for all children, fair funding for providers and a new workforce strategy to address the retention and recruitment crisis in early years.

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