Firms urged to offer more flexibility for working parents as government rejects review of childcare costs
The government has said that now is not the time to review the childcare system in the UK, despite research showing almost all working parents find the cost of childcare prohibitive.
A poll of 20,000 working parents found that nearly every respondent (97 per cent) said the cost of childcare in the UK was too expensive, with nearly two in five (38 per cent) who were in full-time employment or single parents reporting that they paid more for childcare than their rent or mortgage.
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