league tables of 0ecd countries, the one table we to top is the percentage of a woman s salary that is spent on early years care and education. 0ne table we are right down at the bottom of is the amount of investment that is basically put through. the reality is, it is government that has offered all the so called free childcare hours to parents, the government knows they are underfunding parents, the government knows they are under funding these hours and you can t have it always. back in 2018 in december when we were tired of hearing the government trot out the same old lies about we invest £4 billion into the sector, etc, we said, if you think you pay enough money for the so called free entitlements, show as your calculations. two and a half years later after an appeal and a battle they were forced by the information commissioner s office to give us that information. what did it say? you will not be surprised, that to adequately fund these entitlements would require an additional �