Nursery World - Not too much to ask for

Neil Leitch says the delay in the early years funding consultation makes it impossible for the sector to prepare for the 30-hour offer

Timings are a strange thing in government. If a department says a report, consultation, government response or the like is going to be released 'shortly', in reality, this could mean any time this year. If they say it will be published 'in the autumn', that could be anything between October and, say, March. And as for 'in due course'? Possibly this year, possibly next, possibly never.

We've had our fair share of policy-related delays in the early years, but with the ongoing political fallout from Brexit and the subsequent formation of what is essentially a brand new government, this is a more pressing issue that ever before.

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