The UK government has expanded the popular `free entitlement? to part-time early education and care from a universal 15 hours per week to 30 hours per week for working parents. But research by Jo Blanden and co-authors reveals that the original policy was less beneficial for children?s development than might have been hoped.

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1 March 2018     Paper Number CEPCP524

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Education programme.