The chancellor is said to be going ahead with the controversial plan to increase the number of children staff can care for in nurseries from four to five, according to The Sunday Times.
The plan was said to have been dumped by the Prime Minister in January, a move which had been overwhelmingly welcomed by parent campaigners and the wider sector – although this was never officially confirmed by the Government.
According to the paper, ‘To address concerns that the sector is understaffed and underfunded, Hunt is considering a big rise in the subsidy childcare providers receive from the government to cover free childcare to which parents are entitled. It is understood the payments will increase by hundreds of millions of pounds.’
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