Poor need free daycare

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 27 April 2006

The Government should fully fund high quality daycare for poor families, according to research, which finds that there is 'no increased cost to society' in doing so. A study of Mapledene Early Years Centre in Hackney, east London, found that mothers were more likely to be in paid employment 18 months after taking up a full-time high quality nursery place than those making other childcare arrangements.

The Government should fully fund high quality daycare for poor families, according to research, which finds that there is 'no increased cost to society' in doing so. A study of Mapledene Early Years Centre...

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