Childcare
Education officials have worked up plans as part of the chancellor's drive to help people return to the workplace.
Parents are at the end of their tether. So when are things going to change?!
Some parents have already witnessed fees rising to more than £2,000 per month.
"It’s not possible to work a million hours a week and be ever present for your child," says one mother. "You can’t be those things and I find it dissatisfying that you have to choose."
Single mum Kayleigh Ashford struggled to find childcare as a healthcare worker. Now she looks after other key workers' kids.
If the PM wants to "build a better future for our children", he can't stay silent on the childcare crisis.
The year 2022 has served parents a permacrisis, from the NHS to the ongoing catastrophe of childcare.
The move means local councils will be able to fund childcare alongside other vital services like schools, GPs and public transport.
It's not good news for parents living in Luton.
It's been hailed as the 'most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in the UK'.