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Campaigners call for 30-hour childcare to be made universal to close disadvantage gap

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A campaign group of parents believe that the 30 hours discriminates against the most disadvantaged children, as they are ineligible for the policy.
The campaign group want 30-hour childcare to be made available to all children Image by Equality for Disadvantaged Children
The campaign group want 30-hour childcare to be made available to all children Image by Equality for Disadvantaged Children

Campaign for Equality for Disadvantaged Children (e4dc) has written to the Prime Minister’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, asking her to support their campaign to offer ‘equal nursery education for all’.

In the letter they argue that the current 30 hours' eligibility, open to households where both parents work a minimum of 16 hours a week earning national minimum wage, is unfair to children whose parents are unable to work or get a job. These children are only eligible for 15 hours of funded childcare.

They go on to state that the current policy leaves ineligible children disadvantaged and that ‘social mobility will not exist for these children’.

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