This is spot on, and remember Labour also said the policy wouldn’t work, and they would set up a new childcare system “like the NHS”.
Jeremy Hunt announced the policy Reeves is proud to have "funded" (a clever fudge to use that word, well done) in his Spring Budget in March 2023.View quoted post on X
It was phased in from April 2024 before reaching the full 30 hours in September 2025, as per Hunt's timetable.