{"id":5680,"date":"2016-02-24T07:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-miss-out-on-free-childcare-as-local-authorities-struggle-to-fund-places\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T07:11:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:11:47","slug":"thousands-miss-out-on-free-childcare-as-local-authorities-struggle-to-fund-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thousands-miss-out-on-free-childcare-as-local-authorities-struggle-to-fund-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands miss out on free childcare as local authorities struggle to fund places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMore than 41,000 three-year-olds denied 15 hours of free care they are entitled to due to lack of places and fall in childminder numbers, says reportTens of thousands of three-year-olds are missing out on free early education, according to new research that comes amid growing concerns over local authorities\u2019 capacity to deliver expanded free childcare provision.The report by the Family and Childcare Trust claims that more than 41,000 three-year-olds are being denied the free childcare to which they are entitled, as growing numbers of local authorities struggle to provide funded places. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/feb\/24\/thousands-miss-out-on-free-childcare-as-local-authorities-struggle-to-fund-places\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands miss out on free childcare as local authorities struggle to fund places<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; More than 41,000 three-year-olds denied 15 hours of free care they are entitled to due&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1tC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64708,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tory-pledge-on-more-free-childcare-in-disarray\/","url_meta":{"origin":5680,"position":0},"title":"Tory pledge on more free childcare in disarray","date":"August 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Parents and providers are left in confusion by the troubled introduction of 30 hours of free nursery to three and four-year-oldsTens of thousands of parents are still waiting to find out if they can take up a government offer of 30 hours\u2019 free childcare days before the scheme is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":74928,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/foster-children-to-be-entitled-to-same-amount-of-free-childcare-as-others\/","url_meta":{"origin":5680,"position":1},"title":"Foster children to be entitled to same amount of free childcare as others","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r UK foster children gain access to 30 hours of care after U-turn announced by children and families minister Robert GoodwillFoster children will be entitled to the same amount of free childcare as other children, a minister has announced. 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