Does increased childcare funding help mothers into work?
SpeedKingz/Shutterstock Since Labour won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years – from birth to school age – and their parents has moved sharply up the political agenda. The government’s most expensive early years commitment so far has been its decision to honour the previous administration’s pledge to provide 30 funded hours of childcare for children aged from nine months to school age whose parents are in work. This was implemented in September 2025. If…
Where: South Korea, Germany, Norway
Exact coordinates
south korea: 35.910, 127.770
germany: 51.170, 10.450
norway: 60.470, 8.470
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