Claim: Parents are subsidising a new flagship "free" nursery scheme for three- and four-year-olds in England from their own pockets.
Fact-check: Are parents paying for free nursery places? - Full Fact
Verdict: 28% of childcare providers responding to a survey said that if they provided the new 30 hours of free childcare, there were additional costs on top for more hours, or other goods and services. we don't know how representative this is of all childcare providers, and it's based on a low response rate.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-01-29T00:00:00