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| The parties' proposals on childcare | The parties' proposals on childcare |
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| Britain's political parties are in a bidding war to attract the votes of working parents with pre-school children. So how do their different policies stack up? | Britain's political parties are in a bidding war to attract the votes of working parents with pre-school children. So how do their different policies stack up? |
| What is currently on offer | What is currently on offer |
| All three and four-year olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare a year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year. | All three and four-year olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early education or childcare a year, which works out as 15 hours each week for 38 weeks of the year. |
| Over the course of the latest Parliament, the coalition government expanded this to the most deprived two year olds. | |
| The government has also said it would introduce a new scheme for tax-free childcare from autumn 2015, aimed at working parents earning less than £150,000 a year, and from September 2015 all parents on the new universal credit would be entitled to an 85% subsidy on childcare spending. | The government has also said it would introduce a new scheme for tax-free childcare from autumn 2015, aimed at working parents earning less than £150,000 a year, and from September 2015 all parents on the new universal credit would be entitled to an 85% subsidy on childcare spending. |
| The government offers a list of possible providers of its free education and childcare. They include nursery schools, children's centres, some playgroups, childminders and Sure Start centres. | The government offers a list of possible providers of its free education and childcare. They include nursery schools, children's centres, some playgroups, childminders and Sure Start centres. |
| The proposals relating to universal credit and tax breaks would apply in England, Scotland and Wales. | The proposals relating to universal credit and tax breaks would apply in England, Scotland and Wales. |
| The parties' proposals | The parties' proposals |
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