Free childcare in England for nine-month-olds – however rollout comes with ‘challenges’

Parents and carers of kids in England aged 9 months or over can be entitled to fifteen hours of free childcare per week from Monday, the federal government has confirmed.

The plans to increase free childcare provision had been introduced by the then Conservative authorities again in 2023, with the primary stage – 15 hours of childcare for two-year-olds every week – being rolled out in April this 12 months.

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