30 free hours nursery for age 1 onwards

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Excuse my ignorance but I've just seen this as a headline for the budget today.

If this goes ahead will it just be a proposal that doesn't actually kick in til 2030 or some nonsense.

Or will it actually be something that applies from now. Or only for those on universal credit?! I have a 1 year old with nursery fees that have just increased by £40 per month due to cost of living. I'd love any help I can get.

I'm not on over 100k a year?

It's an expansion to the current scheme for the 30 hours for 3 year olds. Same criteria. If two parents both must work

I'm happy that's the criteria otherwise it will just be exploited by people who just don't wanna work but still want the benefit of "free" childcare.