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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.

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Osborne: Working parents to get better childcare access

Chancellor George Osborne says the Government wants to give working parents better access to quality and affordable childcare, with its childcare voucher plans.

Chancellor George Osborne says the Government is "on the side of people who want to work hard". Credit: Press Assocation

"This Government is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on in life. Tax-free Childcare will help working parents by giving them more choice and better access to the quality, affordable childcare they need.

"We want to make the new scheme work in the way that is best for parents, so today we are asking for their views, and I'd like as many parents as possible to tell us what they think."

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