Property News · January 18, 2016

No time for childcare grandparents to take it easy, they’re worth £2,000 a year


Granny and grandad now spend around nine hours a week as carers. Esther Shaw looks at how this role has become vital to hard-pressed parentsWith childcare costs rocketing, many parents rely heavily on grandparents so they can continue working. Figures from the Family and Childcare Trust show that sending a child under two to nursery part-time (25 hours) costs £115.45 a week in the UK – or £6,003 a year. That’s a 5.1% rise since 2014, and in London it can be much higher.“It is beyond the reach of many families, which is why parents are reaching out to grandparents in a bid to make childcare more affordable,” says the trust’s Jill Rutter. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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