It isn’t free childcare, repeat after me! Our son’s nursery charge for “consumables” (food, materials for activities) and they’ve also increased the fees by £15 an hour more this year. And as always, the hours are only applicable during term time.
Alive-Turnip-3145 on
Un-costed, under-funded freebies cynically given away by the Tories on election year?! I’m shocked!
I’m not sure who is more at fault though, Tories for laying the trap or Labour for falling for it. Every major financial institution, think tank and commentator was very clear that either government spending needs to come down or taxes need to come up.
Labour & Conservatives promised Jam today and Jam tomorrow. You reap what you sow.
Average_sheep1411 on
Everything is a crisis and is causing a black hole, do we have anything left to sell? Or have previous government sold everything or destroyed anything this country had of value? The future is not looking bright.
bahumat42 on
Is black hole the new buzzword?
You don’t get to keep saying it for sympathy.
Jose_out on
An extra £1bn seems like peanuts for a scheme like this. If anything it should be extended to 50 hours and out of term time to cover a full working week.
With young children there’s always a decision between one of the parents working and the cost of childcare. The 30 free hours heavily incentives part time work which is great but roll the scheme out further and it will get more people back full time.
Double_Comedian_7676 on
How did they get uptake wrong by 24%? Are there secret children they didn’t know about? Perhaps they thought some people would insist on paying 🧐
It’s actually 30 hours free, during term time, which is advertised as being for 9 months olds but is actually kicks in when most children turn 1. Which removes the incentive to work for new mum’s quite a bit for the first 3 months unfortunately the strain is still there.
zeusoid on
I thought the VAT on private schools was supposed to pay for this
FryingFrenzy on
As a government you have to invest in things that will benefit the economy and population in future
There is no clearer example than investing in increasing birth rate, fail to incentivise more births and we will be in deep, deep trouble
More money for kids, less for old people
cipherbain on
Man if only we could tax the rich, really glad that Lady M got a new yacht on the NHS tho
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It isn’t free childcare, repeat after me! Our son’s nursery charge for “consumables” (food, materials for activities) and they’ve also increased the fees by £15 an hour more this year. And as always, the hours are only applicable during term time.
Un-costed, under-funded freebies cynically given away by the Tories on election year?! I’m shocked!
I’m not sure who is more at fault though, Tories for laying the trap or Labour for falling for it. Every major financial institution, think tank and commentator was very clear that either government spending needs to come down or taxes need to come up.
Labour & Conservatives promised Jam today and Jam tomorrow. You reap what you sow.
Everything is a crisis and is causing a black hole, do we have anything left to sell? Or have previous government sold everything or destroyed anything this country had of value? The future is not looking bright.
Is black hole the new buzzword?
You don’t get to keep saying it for sympathy.
An extra £1bn seems like peanuts for a scheme like this. If anything it should be extended to 50 hours and out of term time to cover a full working week.
With young children there’s always a decision between one of the parents working and the cost of childcare. The 30 free hours heavily incentives part time work which is great but roll the scheme out further and it will get more people back full time.
How did they get uptake wrong by 24%? Are there secret children they didn’t know about? Perhaps they thought some people would insist on paying 🧐
It’s actually 30 hours free, during term time, which is advertised as being for 9 months olds but is actually kicks in when most children turn 1. Which removes the incentive to work for new mum’s quite a bit for the first 3 months unfortunately the strain is still there.
I thought the VAT on private schools was supposed to pay for this
As a government you have to invest in things that will benefit the economy and population in future
There is no clearer example than investing in increasing birth rate, fail to incentivise more births and we will be in deep, deep trouble
More money for kids, less for old people
Man if only we could tax the rich, really glad that Lady M got a new yacht on the NHS tho