Political commentator Charlie Downes has slammed the government has announced a £1,000 sign-on bonus for childcare workers to encourage more people to work in the childcare sector after worries the sector would not be able to cope after free 15 hours were given to 2-year-old children.

Speaking to GB News, Downes said: "Author Mary Harrington said that feminism has a mother-shaped hole in it. I think that's quite right. Because what has women's liberation been in the final analysis, but the ability for women to become corporate drones like the rest of us?"