In a widely publicised announcement ahead of today's Budget, the Chancellor is expected to announce an extension of 30-hour childcare to one- and two-year-olds, more funding for the entitlement for three- and four-year-olds, as well as pushing ahead with controversial plans to relax ratios for two-year-olds in nurseries and pre-schools.
Many nurseries use fees for babies and two-year-olds to cross-subsidise and cope with the longterm underfunding of 30-hour places for three-and four-year-olds, and are warning that the extra funding will need to cover the cost of expanding places for one- and two-year olds, as well as fix existing funding shortfalls.
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