19 Feb, 2015
Childcare charity urges all-party costs review
BBC News | Hannah Richardson education reporter | 19 February 2015
All political parties are being urged to join forces to review the UK’s childcare system as another report highlights rising childcare costs.
The Family and Childcare Trust’s annual survey says the average cost of a part-time nursery place for a child under two has risen 33% since 2010.
It now costs more than £6,000 a year – a rise of 5% in a single year.
The government said it had increased the amount of free childcare for three and four-year-olds.
The trust’s 14th annual childcare costs survey reveals yet another rise in the cost of childcare for preschool children.
