i let's speak to ellen broome, the managing director of coram family and childcare.e, we really do appreciate it. to those stories echo a lot of what you've been hearing as well as the challenges you are aware of? absolutely. a report that is out today paint quite a bleak picture for parents. they are facing, i think all the colours they are shared that with us, they are facing a double whammy this year are both dramatic drops in childcare availability and also above inflation rises in childcare costs. as you said, only a third of councils, three in ten councils think they have enough childcare for parents working full—time and four children under two, so some in the market. i children under two, so some in the market. ., ., ., market. i want to redo something from the department _ market. i want to redo something from the department for - market. i want to redo something l from the department for education. they have said that 150,000 children are set to benefit when the teen hours of free childcare a week will be offered to two—year—olds of eligible working parents

ellen broome, managing director of the charity, told me some of the key findings of her orgasnisationparents. they're facing a double whammy of both dramatic drops in the availability of childcare places this year, and also above inflation rises in childcare costs. so i think a lot of parents, i'm sure you will be familiar with this, i think are quite worried about how to pay for childcare and whether they'll be able to access it as well. and i would say the extra childcare funding that's been announced by the chancellor last year in the spring budget has the potential to be a bit of a game changer for parents up and down the country who are facing those really high bills. but it's an addition to a really complex system that is already buckling a little bit under the strain and we can sort of see growing shortages, higher prices. and i think ourfindings raise some really clear questions about the ability of that current system to deliver the extra childcare that children and families really need. yeah, i think it's accepted, isn't it, that childcare in the uk is effectively, the syste

let's speak to the authors of the report — ellen broome, managing director of coram family and childcare some of the figures are quite shocking, above inflation rises in the cost for parents. what else did you find while putting this report together that was surprising? i while putting this report together that was surprising?— that was surprising? i think our re ort that was surprising? i think our report paints — that was surprising? i think our report paints quite _ that was surprising? i think our report paints quite a _ that was surprising? i think our report paints quite a bleak- that was surprising? i think our i report paints quite a bleak picture for parents, they are facing a double whammy of both dramatic drops in the availability of childcare places this year and also above inflation rises in childcare costs. so i think a lot of parents will be familiar with this, i think they're quite worried about how to pay for childcare and whether they will be able to access it as well. i would say the extra childcare funding has been announced by the chancellor last year in the spring b

i spoke to ellen broome, managing director of the charity coram family and childcare, which did the researche facing a double whammy of both dramatic drops in the availability of childcare places this year, and also above inflation rises in childcare costs. so i think a lot of parents, i�*m sure you will be familiar with this, i think are quite worried about how to pay for childcare and whether they�*ll be able to access it as well. and i would say the extra childcare funding that�*s been announced by the chancellor last year in the spring budget has the potential to be a bit of a game changer for parents up and down the country who are facing those really high bills. but it�*s an addition to a really complex system that is already buckling a little bit under the strain and we can sort of see growing shortages, higher prices. and i think ourfindings raise some really clear questions about the ability of that current system to deliver the extra childcare that children and families really need. yeah, i think it�*s accepted, isn�*t it, that childcare in the uk is effectively, the system is effe