Is Labour saying anything new on childcare?

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

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The shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson is giving a speech to centre-right think tank Onward today, all about childcare. But is the party actually saying anything new on the issue? Cindy Yu talks to Katy Balls and the FT's Stephen Bush.

Produced by Cindy Yu.

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0:18.6	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots,
0:20.2	the Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.
0:22.3	I'm Cindy Yu and I'm joined by Ketibals
0:24.6	and the Financial Times is Stephen Bush.
0:26.6	So today, Bridget Phillips and the Shadow Education Secretary
0:29.4	has been given some announcements about Labour's plans for child care.
0:33.3	Stephen, for those of you us who've been missing it, what she said.
0:36.6	Not very much, to be honest.
0:39.4	I mean, so actually, the interesting thing about Labour and child care
0:43.2	is that the shadow education secretary keeps making interventions in the media,
0:49.2	including, you know, very good interview with Katie.
0:51.8	Last week, before was it Katie?
0:54.0	Last week.
0:55.4	In which essentially, the Labour Party keeps saying
0:58.0	we are going to have a child care policy,
1:00.6	rather than actually having a child care policy.
1:03.8	Yep, feels a bit like the Marvel movies.
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