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.
Childcare scheme 'unfair to stay-at-home mums'
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, which represents childcare providers, said the Government's planned voucher scheme was unfair to stay-at-home mums.
He said: "This tax break does nothing to support those who choose to sacrifice their salary and put their careers on hold to stay at home and look after their young children...
"We would prefer the Government to properly fund universal childcare provision for all families, regardless of income. Instead, this seems to be more about dangling a £1,200 carrot to tempt mums back to work rather than providing real childcare choices."
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