Tier 4 - childcare bubble

[sweetpickerlily]

My inlaws provide childcare once a week for my two children who are under 5. They said today that they can still come for Christmas as they're in tmour support bubble but I wasn't sure as we're in tier 4. My parents think they're bending the rules and it does seem unfair, can someone please confirm.
Thank you.

No they can't. A childcare bubble just involves the children not the adults

Childcare bubbles don’t allow for social mixing.

From gov.uk

"You can only use a childcare bubble for childcare. You cannot use a childcare bubble to mix with another household for other reasons."

Taken from www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household

Logically it makes absolutely no difference as you're going to be mixing with them anyway, I don't think it matters if they come for Christmas dinner if they are in your support bubble!

My mum is in my childcare bubble - she is coming Xmas day.

Half the rules make no sense at all.

Childcare bubbles should, as I understand it, involve minimal time spent mixing between the adults. So looking after 1 dc for the day carries very different risks to having 4 or 5 extra people in the house

Thanks for the responses.

I wondered the same thing. I have the same arrangement with my MIL. She's told DH they can still come Christmas morning (they were only coming for breakfast and to see the kids open their presents). But I said I didn't think they could, you've saved me looking it up!

My in laws provide childcare for my sil once a week (and have then been socialising and having sleepovers with them the rest of the week). They're in tier 4 and SiL is also trying to justify to me that they can spend the day with them on Boxing Day as "we're in a childcare bubble anyway". I tried pointing out that this doesn't fit with childcare bubbles being for the children only and also only for the purposes of childcare. They're still going ahead. I readily admit that I'm struggling with their attitude as my in-laws decided it was too risky to see me, DH or our 3 year old son even when the 5 day relaxations were in place and yet happily bend all rules to see their other grandchildren. Up to you OP but if you're sticking to the rules then this isn't permitted within tier 4 unfortunately.