BREAKING: Hunt defends speed of his childcare budget giveaway as 'biggest transformation in my lifetime'
Thursday 16 March 2023 08:20, UKChancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended the speed of the rollout for his budget offer of free childcare for working parents, describing it as the"biggest transformation in childcare in my lifetime".
The new childcare package will see working families having access to 30 hours of free childcare per week for children aged between nine months and four years old, where all adults in the household work at least 16 hours.But the scheme will not come in until 2024, when a general election is expected to take place.Challenged by Sky News' Jayne Secker on the speed of the measures, Mr Hunt defended his plans, saying:"This is the biggest transformation in childcare in my lifetime.
"It's a huge change and we are going to need thousands more nurseries, thousands more schools offering provision they don't currently offer, thousands more childminders.
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