{"id":79010,"date":"2025-09-01T07:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=79010"},"modified":"2025-09-01T07:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:39:50","slug":"how-the-new-free-childcare-scheme-could-push-up-nursery-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/01\/how-the-new-free-childcare-scheme-could-push-up-nursery-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"How the new free childcare scheme could push up nursery fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/29\/16\/101659687-15047093-Rising_prices_Nursery_fees_are_expected_to_rise_again_following_-a-1_1756479645051.jpg\" alt=\"Rising prices: Nursery fees are expected to rise again following the expansion of free childcare\" width=\"509\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The expansion of free childcare schemes could inadvertently push up the price of already sky-high nursery fees, according to a new report.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/bills\/article-15047093\/How-new-free-childcare-scheme-push-nursery-fees.html?ico=mol_desktop_home-newtab&amp;molReferrerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fhome%2Findex.html&amp;_gl=1*1x1iefx*_gcl_au*NjA4Mjg2MTczLjE3NDk3NDc4ODkuNTMwNzY2MzYwLjE3NTYwMTk2MTYuMTc1NjAxOTYxNg..*_ga*NzkxMDgwOTYwLjE3MTM3NzQ3MTI.*_ga_C9F47K6NW6*czE3NTY3MTA1NjkkbzU0JGcxJHQxNzU2NzExNDEzJGo2MCRsMCRoMTUzMzMxODI3OQ..\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The expansion of free childcare schemes could inadvertently push up the price of already sky-high nursery fees, according to a new report.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nursery2.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79012,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79010\/revisions\/79012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}