The idea of providing free part-time nursery places for all three-year-olds sounds good, but is it working out in practice? Mary Evans looks at the realities
The provision of free nursery places for all three-year-olds has been set as a goal by the Government, which has announced it is on course to fulfil its commitment to provide free places for two-thirds of them by 2002.
In a Parliamentary written answer, equal opportunities and employment minister Margaret Hodge raised the prospect that universal provision of places, which has already been delivered for four-year-olds, could be extended to three-year-olds and become a key manifesto pledge at the next general election.
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