UK Policy Briefing
This briefing examines new data from the Department of Education revealing a significant fall in the number of childcare providers since April 2020.
This briefing looks at the new data published by the Department of Education which reveals a significant fall in the number of childcare providers since April 2020.
Any plan to build back better after Covid must address the crisis in the childcare sector or it will continue to fail the child who are locked out of critical early years development and the mothers who rely on it to undertake paid work.
The Women’s Budget Group submitted written evidence to the Education Select Committee’s inquiry on “support for childcare and the early years”.
WBG responds to the announcements made by the Department for Work and Pensions to increase funding for childcare payments under Universal Credit.
The WBG has signed a letter by the Fatherhood Institute calling on Kemi Badenoch to improve the UK’s statutory paternity and parental leave system.
Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee (September 2018)