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Despite the roll out of the expanded hours in 2021, many parts of the country continue to experience huge demand for early learning and childcare places with significant knock-on consequences to parents, particularly mothers.
The Government sold it as a huge tax break and something that many families would benefit from, as I am sure many did, but COSLA and others sold it as a massive funding cut.