In September 2017 the Government is bringing in the start of the 30 hours ‘free childcare’. Whilst 15 hours is offered to all children the term after their third birthday, this extra 15 hours is intended to allow parents to get back into work and comes with a certain criteria. It is available for families where both parents are working (or the sole parent is working in a lone-parent family) and each parent earns the equivalent of 16 hours a week at the national minimum or living wage and earns less than £100,000 a year. It will be available as … Continue reading 30 hours funding plan brings childcare crisis