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Free childcare for all is ‘the right thing to do for families and the economy,’ trade unionists says
GMB members overwhelmingly back a motion at the union's 2023 congress demanding ‘free quality childcare for all parents to ensure work is affordable’
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CHILDCARE that is fully funded and free for the parents of all children from the age of one is the “right thing to do for families, the economy and the prosperity of our nation,” GMB union members said today.

Delegates gathered in Brighton for the general union’s 2023 congress overwhelmingly backed a motion which demanded “free quality childcare for all parents to ensure work is affordable.”

Moving the proposition, member Luke Simcock said that the move would also be a “step towards the meritocracy that unions were created to fight for.”

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