Thousands more nursery places will help with cost-of-living battle, Starmer says

The government says 6,000 more childcare places will result from the latest phase of funding (Picture: Getty Images)

The creation of thousands more childcare places in England will help families fight the ‘cost-of-living battle’, Sir Keir Starmer has told Metro.

A new expansion of nurseries will mean 331 schools across the country get a share of £45 million in government funding to build or grow their on-site facilities.

According to the Department for Education, the moves,...