The BBC Reports: There is insufficient holiday childcare in two-thirds of local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland, research suggests.

The Daycare Trust survey also indicates most councils cut their holiday childcare budgets last year.

Shortages are worst in rural areas, where parents were "almost entirely reliant on relatives" for childcare, according to the survey.

The average cost of a week's holiday childcare is nearly £100, it says.

But in some areas, such as the South East, weekly costs rise to £110.

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