Government doubles investment in additional childcare places to £100m

Gabriella Jozwiak
Monday, April 10, 2017

The government has doubled the amount of money it will spend on efforts to increase the number of childcare places on offer to £100m, the Department for Education has announced.

Free childcare for three- and four-year-olds will be extended to 30 hours a week in September. Picture: Lucie Carlier
Free childcare for three- and four-year-olds will be extended to 30 hours a week in September. Picture: Lucie Carlier

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