At a conference to celebrate International Women's Day, the mayor launched his plan for a childcare strategy which aims 'to make an appreciable difference to the availability and affordability of children's daycare in London'.
The draft consultation calls for a strategic approach to deal with the problem of 'scarce and costly' childcare. A day nursery place in London costs on average 8,600 a year, 30 per cent higher than the average for England, and the report estimates that only a third of the provision needed is available for parents now in work.
The draft consultation highlights the plight of lone parents in the capital, where only 39 per cent of single mothers with dependent children are in work.
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