In the midst of an election race, the Cameron administration announced that working parents would get, starting in 2015, a £2,000 a year childcare tax break per child under 12. In a country where childcare costs are outrageous and are an issue for a lot of employees, unions and employers rejoiced. But the Labor opposition is still skeptical.
Starting in the fall 2015, working parents in the UK will get a tax break for their children under 12 up to £2,000 (€2,388) a year. This was the Cameron government’s surprise announcement. Before, it already promised to help parents via a program that was supposed to spread over 7 years. This quickening in the implementation of measures to support families really looks like an attempt to appear as the most family-friendly party one year before the election. However, in a country where...
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