{"id":6970,"date":"2015-11-26T03:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stricter-rules-on-free-childcare-cut-number-of-eligible-families-by-third\/"},"modified":"2016-03-06T02:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T19:18:00","slug":"stricter-rules-on-free-childcare-cut-number-of-eligible-families-by-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stricter-rules-on-free-childcare-cut-number-of-eligible-families-by-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Stricter rules on free childcare cut number of eligible families by third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nUpper income limit lowered to \u00a3100,000 per parent and working hours threshold doubled to 16 hours a week in cost-saving measureThe number of families who will benefit from the government\u2019s prized 30 hours free childcare offer has been cut by a third as a result of cost-saving changes to the eligibility threshold.Under the original terms of the offer, as many as 600,000 families were said to benefit, but changes outlined by George Osborne in the spending review mean that only 390,000 families will now be able take advantage of the scheme. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/nov\/25\/stricter-rules-free-childcare-cut-eligible-families-third\" target=\"_blank\">Stricter rules on free childcare cut number of eligible families by third<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Upper income limit lowered to \u00a3100,000 per parent and working hours threshold doubled to 16&#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-6970","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\/p75ss1-1Oq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20278,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/childcare-costs-denying-working-families-a-good-living-standard-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":6970,"position":0},"title":"Childcare costs denying working families a good living standard \u2013 study","date":"July 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Benefit cuts and rising costs are reducing minimum income needed by low paid to live well, says Joseph Rowntree FoundationHigh childcare costs are leaving parents who work full time at the national minimum wage thousands of pounds a year short of being able to afford what the public defines\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2814,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-childcare-policies-failing-poor-families-report-finds\/","url_meta":{"origin":6970,"position":1},"title":"UK childcare policies failing poor families, report finds","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Study by Family and Childcare Trust finds children at risk of poverty rarely have consistent access to high quality early years care The government\u2019s main childcare policies are fragmented, uneven and failing to deliver for families in poverty, according to a new report.The study by the Family and Childcare\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6968,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tories-must-improve-childcare-and-scrap-inheritance-tax-cuts-says-labour\/","url_meta":{"origin":6970,"position":2},"title":"Tories must improve childcare and scrap inheritance tax cuts, says Labour","date":"March 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r George Osborne under pressure to adjust priorities as Labour accuses government of \u2018broken promises\u2019 on free childcareGeorge Osborne has come under pressure to scrap his planned \u00a31bn cut to inheritance tax and pump the money instead into improved childcare.Ahead of the budget in 10 days\u2019 time, Labour is targeting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24817,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/underprivileged-two-year-olds-being-declined-by-middle-class-nurseries\/","url_meta":{"origin":6970,"position":3},"title":"Underprivileged two-year-olds being declined by &#039;middle-class&#039; nurseries","date":"August 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Lack of places leaves 63,000 on waiting lists despite coalition pledge to extend childcare to the most deprived familiesThousands of private nurseries are declining to accept two-year-olds from poor backgrounds, despite a \u00a3100m government initiative to extend childcare to the most deprived families. 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