Govt: Free childcare will allow 'best early life chances'
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Govt: Free childcare will allow 'best early life chances'
Education minister Baroness Smith says the free childcare entitlement starting next week will give children the 'very best early life chances', and parents more flexibility with work.
Report by Alibhaiz.
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