{"id":13431,"date":"2013-05-30T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a11db4e1f45230c1b7b135439b8a2af5"},"modified":"2013-05-30T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T10:59:00","slug":"news-story-nick-clegg-encourages-kent-parents-to-take-up-free-childcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=13431","title":{"rendered":"News story: Nick Clegg encourages Kent parents to take up free childcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>From September 2013, 15 hours of free childcare a week will be made available to 3,100 2-year-olds from lower income backgrounds across the county.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Prime Minister visited the Bright Beginnings Nursery, Gravesend, today to meet parents, staff and children, and talked about the impact of quality childcare:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>High quality early learning can make a huge difference to children at the start of their lives. By getting things right from the off, they are much more likely to be ready when they start school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I want to make sure no child in Kent loses out, which is why 3,100 2-year-olds in the county will be eligible for free childcare starting this September.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Parents can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/find-your-local-council\">contact their local council<\/a> or local nursery provider to find out if their 2-year-old is eligible. Places will first go to children from families eligible for free school meals and those looked after by their local council.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the government\u2019s <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/DeputyPM\/childcare\">family-friendly policies.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has encouraged parents of toddlers in Kent to check if they can get free childcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13476,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431\/revisions\/13476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}