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MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children

The government's 30 hours free childcare initiative should be extended to all children as part of efforts to tackle social and economic inequalities, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

The initiative, which launched in September, provides 30 hours of free childcare for three- and four-year-olds where both parents work, but neither earns more than £100,000 a year. Free childcare amounting to 15 hours a week is also available for some two-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds.

However, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a fit and healthy childhood wants all children to automatically qualify for 30 hours.

report by the group, on the impact of social and economic inequality on children's health, outlines concerns that a large group of families in need of support are missing out on the 30 hour provision under current arrangements.

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