New childcare staff offered £1,000 amid concerns over shortfall

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The government is offering £1,000 to new childcare staff to attract more people into the sector ahead of the rollout of free hours starting in April.

A recruitment campaign has been launched as nurseries and childminders say they are experiencing a staffing and funding crisis which could derail plans to offer 15 subsidised hours a week to all two-year-olds in England.

The Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told Sky News that "it's a big delivery project" which they are "working on".

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/new-childcare-staff-offered-1-000-amid-concerns-about-free-hours-rollout-13061641

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