Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills (BIS), a Labour MP says.
Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell believes improvements in childcare can be best achieved if the policy is addressed across government and focuses on education, child development and helping to get parents into work.
She said: "Childcare should be seen by government as an issue for business and a key infrastructure priority to promote growth and get people back to work, linking in with BIS responsibilities for flexible working and shared parental leave." ***
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