Plaid promise more details on childcare as it survives vote with Tory help

The Plaid Cymru Welsh government has promised more detail on its flagship childcare policy before the middle of July in a Senedd debate where it survived a vote with Tory help. On Wednesday Reform demanded the Plaid government publish costings and a timetable, claiming it was not clear if the party's policy was affordable or realistic. But Plaid said Reform had promised voters nothing on childcare. Ministers promised an update on initial costings and how the scheme will be phased in before the start of the Senedd summer recess. Plaid Cymru is promising to introduce 20 hours of universal childcare for babies aged from nine months to children aged four by May 2030. So far ministers have not given precise dates for when babies would benefit from the scheme, and have been accused of failing to spell out how it would be paid for, or what spending would be cut to afford it. It is planning to expand childcare for two-year-olds first, before rolling the scheme out further. Reform had called a vote on Plaid Cymru's childcare policy on Wednesday, demanding costings and a timetable before the party's first 100 days in government were up. It seemed possible that Plaid - which is in a minority

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