It’s been a difficult time for the government. With only a few weeks to go until the national roll-out of the 30-hours offer, the flagship policy has been plagued with problem after problem: from well-publicised IT glitches, to complaints over confusing delivery rules, to council warnings of low provider engagement with the offer.
So it must have come as quite a relief when the official evaluation of the 30-hours pilot scheme was published, given it concluded that there is 'no specific reason' that the policy won’t succeed and that there was 'no evidence' that financial implications were a substantial barrier to provider delivery. Could it be that all the sector’s concerns had been unfounded?
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