Childcare should be as important as schools, GPs and public transport

The aim is to ensure that house-builders have a duty to ensure new housing developments have enough childcare to cope with an expanding population

I'm Matt Jones with news that childcare should be as important as schools, GPs and public transport when considering new housebuilding projects, that's according to a cross-party group of MPs. The plan aims to ensure that house-builders have a duty to ensure new housing developments have enough childcare to cope with an expanding population.Population growth has outstripped the growth of the childcare sector since 2014, including in 15 of the 20 areas where the population is growing fastest. For more care news, stay with us here on Care Radio.

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