To think this working parents eligibility criteria is unfair?

[takehischipsandputthemonmyplate]

Ready to put my tin hat on but...

I am a low earner (£25k) and partner is high earner but not exceptionally so (£110k in London) so we aren't eligible due to my
partner earning over £100k. However we have friends who combined bring in far more (almost at £200k together) but are individually just under the £100k threshold and so will be eligible for the free hours from 9 months in September 2025, thus savings thousands on childcare.

I appreciate it's a case of my diamond shoes are too tight but this does feel like a flaw in the system.

And then they scratch their heads over the falling birth rate!!

Quite! I'd love to have three but even two is a massive push and we're high earners!