Corbyn stumbles over costs as Labour pledge 30 hours of childcare to all children

The British Labour party has said that more than a million families will benefit from its pledge to overhaul "patchy" childcare provision as it sought focus on its manifesto plans to roll out free care to all two to four-year-olds.

The British Labour party has said that more than a million families will benefit from its pledge to overhaul "patchy" childcare provision as it sought focus on its manifesto plans to roll out free care to all two to four-year-olds.

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has put the creation of a "national education service" at the heart of his party’s election campaign, which would extend 30 hours of free childcare each week to all children before they start school, regardless of family circumstances.