Childcare tax breaks planned
Plans to give tax breaks worth £1,200 per child to families where both parents work have come under fire for being unfair to stay-at-home mothers.
Labour MP: Government childcare plans 'out of touch'
Labour's shadow minister for children and families, Sharon Hodgson, has hit out at the government's plans to help working parents with childcare, branding them "out of touch".
The Labour MP told ITV News that families need help now and not in two years time.
"David Cameron is quite keen to help millionaires with a tax cut, but not mums," she said.
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