Government urged to extend 30 hours offer to fostered children

Tristan Donovan
Thursday, November 9, 2017

A group of 13 social care organisations have demanded that the government ends its "discriminatory decision" to exclude fostered three- and four-year-olds from 30 hours of free childcare.

Children's minister Robert Goodwill has been asked to change eligibility criteria for 30 hours childcare so that foster carers can also access it.
Children's minister Robert Goodwill has been asked to change eligibility criteria for 30 hours childcare so that foster carers can also access it.

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