What is childcare for?
Early years education or allowing parents to work – examining the purpose and costs of pre-school childcare.
Is formal childcare for pre-school children there to provide an early years education? Or to allow parents to go out to work?
Politicians would say both, but many argue the UK’s system is failing to do either.
Charlotte McDonald explores what improvements could be made and ask – do we want a big overhaul of our current system?
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Why worry about future generations?
What - if anything - do we owe to people who have not yet been born?
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Tackling Inequality
Probing the results of a major study into our unequal society.
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Do children of married parents do better?
Does being born to non-married parents affect a child's prospects in life?
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- Mon 11 Jul 2022 20:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad.
