Rejected petition Change Free Childcare eligibility to parents combined income

Currently you can only get tax-free and free childcare if a single parent earns less than £100k taxable income. It should be household income.

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It’s not exactly fair that two parents can earn £99k taxable income each, earning £198k and still get government support. But to the other extreme one parent earning £101k and the other on £20k does not

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Make all households with income under £200,000 eligible for free childcare
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/709230

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Date submitted 23 January 2025
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