article_snippet.sent: David Cameron will today promise extra free childcare for 600,000 children a year to counter spiralling costs.
article_snippet.sent: David Cameron, pictured, will today announce an extra 600,000 childcare spaces at a cost of £350 million .
article_snippet.sent: So we introduced 15 hours of free childcare a week for three- and four-year-olds and disadvantaged two-year-olds.
article_snippet.sent: – 30 hours of free childcare a week – worth £5,000 to working families.
article_snippet.sent: That means over 600,000 extra free childcare places available for families every year – nine million extra hours of childcare a week and parents able to work an extra 78 days a year without any childcare costs –
article_snippet.sent: The new free childcare will be available where all parents in the household are working at least eight hours a week at the minimum wage.
highlights_snippet.sent: David Cameron will announce the new £350 million childcare places today .
  