Mrs Hodge invited a cross-section of the childcare workforce to her office in Westminster to discuss issues surrounding sustainability, funding and the relationship between the private and public childcare sector.
She said, 'As we improve quality and quantity, some of the lower-quality stuff will fall by the wayside. That's what we're experiencing - and I don't apologise for that, because we want the best start for our children.'
Mrs Hodge also confirmed that revenue funding for children's centres would continue 'forever' and that the 30 per cent most deprived areas would benefit from 'very generous' funding.
She said, 'All those worries that I've heard up and down the country that we would be capping it - it's just not true.'
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