Change the income cap for free childcare to an increased, household cap

Revise and reform the eligibility for free child care hours for children aged four and under.

26 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Monday 25th March 2024
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Wednesday 25th September 2024
Estimated Final Signatures: 47

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We want the individual cap abolished and replaced with an increased, household cap

If a child lives in a household where two parents earn £99,999, and there’s a combined income of £199,998, the child could still get funding. But if one parent earns £101k and the other is on minimum wage they get no hours at all.

It’s the mother who is usually the lower-earner and without any childcare subsidy they can be priced out of work and their career suffer.


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