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Parents must not pay mandatory extra charges to access free childcare, ministers say

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Parents must not pay mandatory extra charges to access free childcare, ministers say

Parents who are entitled to hours of free childcare should not have to pay mandatory extra charges to secure their nursery place, the government has said.

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