Research by Findababysitter.com for its annual childcare report has found that 25 per cent of parents surveyed with two or three children want to work, but say that they are prevented from doing so because childcare costs are too high.
This view is held widely in large cities with 40 per cent of parents in London saying they cannot afford to work, followed by Bristol (37 per cent), Leicester (33 per cent), Glasgow (23 per cent) and Oxford (20 per cent).
Four in ten parents aged 18 to 24 and one in five unemployed fathers say they would prefer to work but cannot afford childcare costs, according to the report.
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