Have you heard the news? Everything is fine with the 30 hours. Better than fine, in fact – the whole scheme is going swimmingly. Parents are having no problems with it and other than a pesky few outliers, early years providers are rolling it out without any issues - in fact, eight in 10 are 'happy' to do so.
At least, that's what the Government would like us to believe. Last week, they put out a quite extraordinary press release celebrating the success of the first year of the policy, one that painted a wholly positive picture of the ‘significant positive benefits’ of the scheme, and suggested that all involved were reaping the benefits.
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