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<p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils
to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including children’s
services.</p><p>In addition, by 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare
support. This is more than any other government and this government support will make
childcare more affordable and more accessible.</p><p>Furthermore, in our ambitious
plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ that the Department published in December
2017, we committed to a £100 million investment to help close the gap between disadvantaged
children and their peers.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
has announced that the next spending review will be in 2019. This will, as normal,
consider all elements of government spending, including local government funding and
funding for early intervention.</p>
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