Free childcare scheme rolled out Wales-wide by April 2019 bringing more working parents back into the employment market

Many three and four-year-olds will be entitled to 20 hours free childcare a week in addition to the 10 hours early education provision

Number of mums in work ‘up 50 per cent since mid-1970s’

The proportion of working-age mothers in paid work increased from 50% in 1975 to 72% in 2015