Petition Change the income cap for free childcare to an increased, household cap
Revise and reform the eligibility for free child care hours for children aged four and under.
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We want the individual cap abolished and replaced with an increased, household cap
If a child lives in a household where two parents earn £99,999, and there’s a combined income of £199,998, the child could still get funding. But if one parent earns £101k and the other is on minimum wage they get no hours at all.
It’s the mother who is usually the lower-earner and without any childcare subsidy they can be priced out of work and their career suffer.
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