The Chancellor George Osborne published the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) on 20 October 2010, setting Government spending for the years 2011/12 to 2014/15. Over this period Government will cut £81 billion from Government spending, including £7 billion in welfare cuts, on top of the £11 billion of welfare cuts announced in the emergency budget in June 2010.
Daycare Trust has analysed the CSR to consider what the impact will be on childcare, and therefore on the millions of families who rely on childcare services. Their overall view is that families will find it harder to pay for childcare as a result of the CSR, particularly lower income families who rely on Tax Credits. However they were pleased that the free early education for three and four year olds was protected, and that additional funding has been found to pay for 15 hours per week of childcare for disadvantaged two year olds.
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