Making the announcement today about the funding review, which will be led by childcare minister Sam Gyimah, Prime Minister David Cameron also revealed the Government will be bringing forward its offer of 30 hours of free childcare a week, with some parents set to benefit from 2016 - a year earlier than planned.
Pilots of the 30 hours of free childcare will begin from September 2016.
However, while the Government has committed to increasing the average rate paid to providers, early years representatives have raised fears that any increase will fail to take into account the scale of the existing shorftall.
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