Recently I met up with Children’s Minister Claire Coutinho at serendipity's Nursery in Cotgrave to discuss new childcare reforms.
We were given a tour of fantastic facilities at the nursery, which has different rooms for babies, toddlers and preschool age children, as well as a large area for outdoor activities.
We discussed how the Government will be offering 30 hours of free childcare for every child over the age of 9 months, with support being phased in until every single eligible working parent of under 5s gets this support by September 2025. This also comes on the back of the thousands of working parents in receipt of childcare benefits will also see this rise by 50%, from £951 to £1630 per month.
A thank you to the Minister for coming to meet with us and to Matt Alls and his wonderful team at Serendipity’s for hosting us.