I have a 6 & 8 year old and it is the best part of £500 to put them in before and after 5 days a week 
. And it doesn't even start early enough for us...
That is more than my mortgage and is just not affordable. STBEX has been providing it up to now, but the tosser has been asked to leave his accommodation and has no job, so may need to move back to his parents, 90 minutes away.
So I will need to pay all this myself and will get nothing from him either. My other option is to let him move back to the spare room but I really can't face that either and feel it would confuse the children and lead to an unpleasant atmosphere.
But those fees I just can't believe. How do people afford it? Why do people talk as if once they reach school age childcare is no longer much of an issue? I can pay it, just, but it will be the end of treats/having any savings/ feeling that we are 'comfortable'. 
. I get all the tax credits I am entitled to btw.
AIBU to think the cost extortionate?