Submitted by Lucy Pointon on Monday 12th January 2026
Published on Wednesday 11th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 11th August 2026
Current Signatures: 337
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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30 hours ~ 30 hours free childcare ~ childcare ~ Free childcare ~ Offered ~ weeks
Increase 30 free hours childcare availability to cover 52 weeks per year
Increase the current offer of 30 free hours of childcare per week to cover 52 weeks instead of 38 weeks per year.
An estimated 4-5% of the UK workforce has term-time only contracts, yet the 30 hours free childcare is only offered for 38 weeks a year.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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