Free childcare doubles, but funding plan ‘not sustainable’
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Free childcare doubles, but funding plan ‘not sustainable’

Erin Dean Freelance journalist

Nurses with young children can now access up to 30 hours a week of free childcare, but nurseries warn the government’s offer doesn’t add up

Cash-strapped nurses with young children can access up to 30 hours a week of free childcare in England from this month.

Nursing Standard. 32, 3, 12-13. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.3.12.s13

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