Childcare

Ideas

Less is more when it comes to childcare policy

For parents, their child’s education, safety and upbringing are among their biggest concerns. But what families need and when they need it, varies dramatically. Some families with one working parent and one stay-at-home parent may only need childcare for a couple of hours a week, where carers simply provide parent-like supervision for limited periods of […]

Politics

Why are the Tories funding more free childcare?

After an election‎ win, when the champagne has been quaffed and the naysayers pilloried (although the Tories didn’t think they were going to win outright either), there is always that awkward moment when ministers realise that they will actually have to implement what was promised in their manifesto. A scheme that might have seemed like […]

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