The MP was reflecting on her time as children’s minister under the Labour Government at a joint event in London hosted by the Resolution Foundation and the Family and Childcare Trust, which looked back at the 2004 ten-year childcare strategy.
The MP also acknowledged that Labour should have put more childcare in schools, rather than in new buildings.
During a wide-ranging speech she said, ‘The sensible policy direction would have been to locate more and more of our childcare offer in schools rather than build other buildings. ‘
This was ‘partly because it would be more sustainable, partly because it would make better use of valuable community assets and where people feel comfortable and partly because it brings the influence of the education community to bear on the quality of childcare provision.’
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