Labour pledges to create more than 100,000 new nursery places

Exclusive: Party plans to set up more than 3,300 nurseries in existing primary schools in England for children from nine months old

Labour has pledged to create more than 100,000 new nursery places for children from nine months old, helping to both drive up standards and meet demand, as a key manifesto offer for working parents.

The party plans to set up more than 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools in England to support a major expansion of childcare.