Property News · October 5, 2015

The want-to-work mothers trapped at home by prohibitive cost of childcare


As UK nursery bills reach £11,000 a year, for many families it does not pay to work – and women are unfairly penalisedThe cost of childcare is now so high that some working parents are struggling to break even – or paying more for it than they take home. Latest figures show the average full-time nursery bill for a child under two now tops an eye-watering £11,000 a year, or £14,750 in London.“For too many families, it simply does not pay to work,” concludes the Family and Childcare Trust’s 2015 report on childcare costs. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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