Support the Early Years Alliance Fair Future Funding Campaign
In April 2017, a new early years funding system will be introduced in England which will see a rise in the overall average funding rates that local authorities receive from central government. However, the government has confirmed that the funding increase has been ‘frontloaded’, meaning that no further increase will be available until the next Parliament. In addition, a quarter of local authorities will see a drop in their funding rates.
With rising business costs – and in particular, the ‘national living wage’ which is set to increase to £9 per hour in 2020 – we believe that this approach is completely unsustainable, and unfair on early years providers already struggling to stay afloat.
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