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I have to say I think that affordable childcare should be available to everyone in the same way that the NHS or schools are not chargeable to people on higher incomes. Not least because the price of childcare is insane. I think '30hrs free' roughly equates to a 35% discount at our nursery.
The fact she is in a single income household changes things, but a lot of people in her position would stick 50K in a pension, get 30 hrs a week per child, 2k more in tax free childcare while at the same time massively reducing the amount of tax going into the system to pay for it all.
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I wouldn't be at all surprised, if she doesn't have a pension to stick £50k into.
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Yeah that’s a fair point about cost of childcare - it should be more affordable (I don’t have children so wouldn’t know the true cost).
I do however struggle to feel sorry for someone who can afford to put 50k into a pension per year.
That person should pay for child care, and perhaps be taxed in a way that subsidises childcare/other public services.Interested to see how the Budget could restructure things
Ben689908
BondMax
I came to both of these same conclusions.
IMO it’s obviously right for someone on such a high income to be paying for childcare and for free childcare to be left for those not so fortunate.
It’s a shame she doesn’t recognise her privileged position.