Canada is showing that it’s possible to have universal, affordable childcare. Is the UK brave enough to follow? | Gaby Hinsliff
If we treated this service as vital state infrastructure, it could make a huge difference to parents – and to the economy You can’t get much for £5.50 nowadays. A takeaway coffee and a muffin, maybe; a pint and a packet of crisps, outside London. But in parts of Canada, roughly that amount can buy…