The chancellor hopes more child care will get more parents working
But will nurseries provide the places?
Space is tight in Lisa Evans’s office, but there’s enough for the important stuff. Bags of chocolate eggs are perched on a cardboard box, ready for daily hunts in the run-up to Easter. At Abacus Nursery and Childcare in New Romney, a pebble’s throw from the Kent coast, the rooms where children play and learn are light and airy. But the register is as full as the manager’s cubbyhole. Though Abacus can take 60 children at a time, during the day and in breakfast and after-school clubs, few slots are left for this coming September.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Not child’s play”
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