Rejected petition Creation of affordable childcare options

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If the Government wants to bring more people back to work, affordable childcare needs to be put in place, so that work does pay. At the minute, childcare costs may take most of a parent's wages, and therefore make economic sense to go onto benefits and look after the child

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Date submitted 1 July 2013
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