AutisticMumTo3May 27, 2024

‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/childcare-startup-grant-scheme-government-b2549765.html

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‘Pitiful’ number of childminders sign up to government grant scheme

Exclusive: ‘This latest childminder numbers debacle is yet more evidence that the Tories offered a pledge without a delivery plan,’ says shadow education secretary

The Independent
AutisticMumTo3Apr 1, 2024

Childcare places ‘fall by 1,000’ as Labour accuses ministers of ‘botched’ expansion | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-childcare-nursery-places-expansion-b2521315.html

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Childcare places ‘fall by 1,000’ as Labour accuses ministers of ‘botched’ expansion

Sir Keir Starmer’s party accuses Conservatives of risking a crash in the childcare system ‘just like (they) crashed the economy’

The Independent