Another day, and another media debate on 30 hours. This time it was Channel 5’s The Wright Stuff programme which kicked off a discussion with an unconventional question for anyone working in early years. Simply - would we be better off without any ‘free’ childcare hours?
Unsurprisingly this led to controversy, encouraging heated debate and a lot of confusion. None of it helped by the presenter Matthew Wright’s use of alt facts, to capture a favourite US term at the moment.
Mr Wright started with the misguided statement that nursery workers and childminders were 'running off into the sunset with taxpayers money'. His comments focused on the launch of a report from the Institute of Economic Affairs which questions the validity of the Government’s 30 hours scheme.
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