30,000 public childcare places

Headline figure

30k new public childcare places × ~€15k/place/yr ≈ €450m/yr full-cost.

Attribution & links

Origin

Manifesto

Owner

The Labour Party

Policy area

Children And Youth

Underwrites commitment

Create at least 30,000 public childcare places

Unit target

30,000 childcare places

First stated

2024-11-17

Last reviewed

2026-05-23

Verification

Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.

Verified against Labour Party GE2024 Manifesto - Building Better Together, p.73: "Over five years we will provide at least 30,000 places in a public childcare system."

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.