to think 'the govt' has no idea how much childcare actually costs re. their new deal for parents

[Loislane78]

m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21833929

£6,000 per year?

Where I live (SE) its over £12,000 per year and not at a super posh Montessori number. My family lives up north and both sisters paid £600+ per month years ago so would be interested how they arrived 'at what they believe to be the average'. hmm

Help!

Has anyone got any details on the change?

• £150k worked out on household income?
• age limit for children?
• ofsted registered nannies included?
• morning/after school clubs included?

average childcare costs £6,000? Joke!

50 hours childcare here is £170 with 3 meals and 2 snacks,nappies,sun cream etc. Afterschool club would be considerably cheaper.

I'm a full time carer and had hoped to get a couple of sessions of nursery for DD a week so that I could focus on DS1's latest round of investigations. He's got ASD, dyspraxia, being investigated for Meares Irlen and for spinal issues.

Taking an autistic child out of comfort zones with a 2 year old who is also showing many traits is really challenging. The community paeds are monitoring DD but say they need to assess how she copes in social situations that I can't simlate at home.

I thought we'd be able to get a percentage support like under tax credits but
I don't work because i gave up full time with DS because he struggles with full weeks at school and has many appointments.

The average will have been lowered by part time workers, those that only need holiday daycare etc.

Children come with costs, any tax break is a bonus. Very glad to see the loophole closed where a parent could claim them to allow a SAHP free time. Thats a luxury we can ill afford.

Breathes this was in Suffolk in 2005. Sorry, not what you wanted to hear, but I did say we would not be able to afford it now. And this (very good) nursery is cheap. I was paying £770 a month for 2 children full time - back then one of my friends at work was paying the same in Cambridge for 1 child 4 days a week. It's madness.

I've worked out that if I had two in nursery f/t now I'd be paying out 98% of my wages on childcare. Back then it was 66% and I thought that was bad. As I've said, this government don't have a clue.

I was expecting to use the vouchers for after school club when DD2 left nursery, the amount we claim would have just about covered both kids fees. I'm going to be worse off anyway but is this going to apply to ASCs or just nurseries? Will we not be able to claim back for that?

I think many working parents be worse off.
would love to see more detail.

but its a proposal right now and looks like

department work and pensions cant agree,

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iain-duncan-smith-blocks-plan-for-childcare-tax-breaks-in-budget-8537670.html#.UUdwtVW1oYk.twitter

Like the change i ration another illthourght out plan.

fulltime place here in southwest for under 2 10k a year .

Jesus childcare is expensive. Im TTC and im working and so is my DP but between us we earn £1200 a month so in that case I would be much better off being a SAHP.