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Government rejects calls to review childcare funding

The Government has rejected MPs' recommendation to carry out an independent review of funding and affordability of childcare
The Government has said it will not launch an independent review of childcare at this time PHOTO Adobe Stock
The Government has said it will not launch an independent review of childcare at this time PHOTO Adobe Stock

The Petitions Committee, which made the recommendation within its follow-up report into the impact of Covid-19 on new parents last October, has expressed its disappointment over the Government’s response, which states that it ‘will not be launching an independent review of childcare at this time’.

Within the Committee’s report it made the following recommendations:

Within its response to the report, published today (Monday), the Government states, ‘The Department [for Education] is continuing to explore what more can be done to help parents access childcare which will suit them, that is out of hours or before or after school; however, we will not be launching an independent review of childcare at this time.

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