Parents cannot afford after-school clubs, says Labour
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the cost-of-living crisis means parents cannot afford after-school clubs for their children. “Too many parents can’t afford breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, extra activities,” she said. The Government is failing parents, failing providers and failing children Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary She said that early years childcare and education was “too often unaffordable, unavailable, inaccessible”. “The Government is failing parents, failing providers and failing children,” she said, adding that it was “in those first few years that the attainment gap opens up for our children”.
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