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The government has announced plans to relax rules on how many children childcare staff can look after.

The government announced an expansion of free childcare in the Budget - but will it actually work?

Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

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Thousands of nursery children that are eligible for free school meals could be missing out on the benefit, according to an analysis by the Education Policy Institute.