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Thousands of working parents of two-year-olds are now accessing 15 hours a week of government-funded childcare.

Here’s everything you need to know 👇

#UniversalCredit Childcare payments increase on 8 Apr 2024 to £1,014.63 for one child and £1,739.37 for two or more children helping you juggle childcare and work

#UniversalCredit Childcare now offers even more support ow.ly/vrvz50R0URH

If childcare is something you're worried about, tell your Work Coach and they'll tell you what's available.

Steph, a single mum of four, enrolled on a training course and has been supported back into work by #UniversalCreditChildcare

🎯 NEWS: We've now hit our target of 150,000 more children benefitting from government childcare support this week.

But this is only the start, with thousands more families benefitting in the months ahead as we deliver the largest expansion of childcare in our country's history.

This September, eligible working parents of children from 9 months old will have access to 15 hours childcare support.

From September 2025, this will increase to 30 hours for 38 weeks of the year.

Don't miss out! Find out what you could get ⬇️

From this week, eligible working parents of two-year-olds are getting help with the cost of childcare.

Parents at Little Dragons Nursery in Harrogate told us how government support helps their families 👇

Find out more: childcarechoices.gov.uk

💷💷💷 £133 a week 💷💷💷

That’s how much, on average, a family will save from the government’s full expansion of childcare provision in September 2025.

That’s equivalent to 👇

Chris McCandless, Chief Executive of Busy Bees Childcare shares his thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Justine Roberts, Chief Executive of Mumsnet shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Michelle Kennedy, Chief Executive of Peanut App shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Clare Roberts OBE, Chief Executive of @_kidsplanet shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Childcare will be one of the big issues in 2024 – we know from our research that any support is welcome, especially to reduce the cost of childcare, but parents also want high-quality childcare close to home. (1/2)

The independent OBR says that our childcare plan will support 60,000 more people into work – saving working families £6,900 a year.

It was great to meet working parents at Asda in Stevenage to see how this childcare support will benefit their families.

Jason Elsom, Chief Executive of Parentkind shares his thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Alexandra Hall-Chen of IoD shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇