childcare
The UK can learn a lot from Norway on childcare
Compared with other countries, in the UK there are complicated and inefficient mechanisms for the public funding of childcare.
What to make of Labour’s childcare announcement
Labour’s childcare announcement is a welcome attempt to try to bring down parents’ childcare costs.
The government’s childcare plans leaves a £200 million question unanswered, as working poor families miss out on vital support
The government today launched a consultation on proposals for extra support with childcare costs for working families.
Poorest families lose the Budget 2013 childcare war
The Budget announced measures to help parents pay for childcare. But those in most need miss out on the biggest chunk of the support, argues Helen Barnard.
Childcare tax breaks benefit the wealthy more than those on low incomes
The new childcare policy will do very little to help the millions of people who have already lost out under benefit cuts, but it will help those with joint incomes of just short of £300,000.
The childcare crisis: a problem made in Downing Street
The childcare problem that David Cameron is trying to solve is one of his own making.