The prime minister’s speech to the Daycare Trust on November 11 2004A month ago I set out our aspiration to reform the welfare state to fit the needs of today’s hard-working families. And I said that one of the most pressing new challenges is to support parents as they bring up young families and as they balance home life and work. Our approach is to give all families more help, whatever their choices, whether they work full time, part time or stay at home with their young children. This morning I spent time talking to mums at Millfields School. They told me about the struggle it can be to balance family and work and how helpful it was to the have the options provided now the school offers childcare before and after school. This is real choice for real parents. Choice about whether they use nurseries, childminders or friends and family, or, as most families do, a combination of all of these to suit different times in their lives and the year. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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