Labour have pledged to reimpose a requirement to local councils to provide childcare via Sure Start centres in a bid to "save" the network.
However, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt admitted in an interview that it would be up to charitable and private childcare providers, not councils, to resource the centres.
Labour has said that the removal of the statutory obligation on councils to provide childcare via Sure Start centres by the coalition Government has directly led to a dramatic decline in numbers.
There are 720 fewer now than in 2010 and many more mothballed or running much-reduced hours.
With half of authorities predicting budget cuts will further restrict the service in the next two years, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said it was vital to restore the pressure to "put the lights back on, get the kids back in".
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The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
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