UK unveils new childcare policy

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The United Kingdom finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced on Wednesday that most working parents in England will be offered 30 hours of free childcare for their under-fives, to ease cost-of-living pressures on families.

The policy, part of the government’s tax and spending plans unveiled in the budget, will eventually apply for 38 weeks of the year, from when a child is nine-months-old until they start school aged around five.

Childcare costs in the UK are among the highest in the 38-nation OECD, accounting for nearly a third of a family’s income compared to just nine per cent in France. “For many women, a career break becomes a career end,” he added, noting almost half of the non-working mothers said they would prefer to work if they could arrange suitable childcare.

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