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Tories childcare plans ‘will widen rich-poor gap’
The government’s dodgy plans for free childcare hours could set back social mobility, the Sutton Trust warned yesterday.
From this month, parents of three and four-year-olds who are in work will be given 30 hours of free childcare per week, double the previous amount.
But the Sutton Trust says it comes at the cost of widening the attainment gap between toddlers from the richest and poorest families.
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