'BROKEN' Government promises are being blamed for soaring part-time childcare costs after it was revealed parents in Warrington are spending £2,617 more than they were in 2010.

New data from a Freedom of Information request confirmed costs have risen more than 200 per cent in some areas across the country.

In Warrington the charges have increased by 71 per cent since 2010 to take the figure to £2,617 for the year.

Labour North West said it 'adds to the growing list of Tory failures' in childcare policy.

And the party's shadow minister for childcare and children Jenny Chapman is demanding that the Conservatives 'start putting working people first'.

Warrington North MP Helen Jones has also hit out at the Government for 'failing' to commit to its pledges.

She said: "A survey undertaken by the Tories themselves found that a third of parents struggle with the cost of childcare.

"Hidden, in the recent Budget, it was reported that the tax-free childcare rollout, promised in 2013, will be delayed for a second time.

"One in three families promised free childcare by the Tories at the last election are now set to miss out because of broken promises.

"The increase in childcare costs show that the Tories remain the same old Tories – presiding over broken promises and badly letting down families who continue to struggle with the cost of living."

But Warrington South MP David Mowat believes his party's economic vision is delivering for parents.

"Because record numbers of people, particularly women, are now in work, there has been a knock-on effect on the number of childcare places available," he said.

"However, the Government has acted to give 15 hours of free childcare each week to all three and four-year-olds and all two-year-olds from low income families.

"We've also introduced tax relief, worth up to £2,000, for families to spend on childcare.

"We've been able to afford this because we have a strong economy. Labour's solution is to tax more, spend more and borrow more."

The findings show costs for part-time nursery care, totalling 25 hours, have risen by an average of almost 40 per cent in the country since 2010.