Plenty has been written about the government’s flagship childcare policy, which is due to launch in April, but what else do Sunak, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, and children’s minister David Johnston have in store to support the sector?
All eyes now turn to the spring budget, a key fiscal event in the run up to this year’s general election. Here are three areas this Government should focus on to improve outcomes for families across the country.
Accelerating recommendations from the Care Review
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care provides a fantastic vision, the chief recommendation of which is the importance of rebalancing support from costly crisis interventions towards early support. Chancellor Hunt himself has reaffirmed the government’s desire to do so.
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