Free Childcare -30 Hours Week

Help for hardworking families in the North West

Antoinette Sandbach has today welcomed the Conservative Government's plans to double free childcare for hardworking families – which will benefit up to 60,000 parents in the North West.
The offer of 30 hours of free childcare per week during term time – worth around £5,000 a year – means parents will be able to get on while bringing up a family.
All three and four year olds, in working families, will be eligible for 1,140 hours of free childcare per year – twice the current entitlement.
Thanks to our reforms, including free childcare and Tax-Free Childcare, working families will be able to save thousands of pounds – extra money in their pocket towards day to day living costs.

Antoinette commented:
'Childcare costs can be a burden on family finances – preventing parents from working. During the election campaign I spoke to many families in my constituency who were worried about the cost of childcare, so it's fantastic news that the Conservatives are doubling free childcare.
We want to make it easier for those parents who do want to work, to do so. It's greats to see the offer of 30 hours of free childcare a week during term time, meaning more parents will be able to return to work and hold on to more of their hard earned money.

'The Childcare Bill will double free childcare available for all working parents of three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week. And to underline our commitment to support working families, the Prime Minister is announcing plans to introduce the changes for some families a year earlier than planned, together with a commitment to review and increase the average funding rates paid to childcare providers ' (Department for Education Press Release, 1 June 2015)

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