Nursery World - Childcare subsidies advised

About 150 of tax relief on childcare costs per week, more flexible work and childcare arrangements, and a new Government department to oversee an integrated childcare system are among proposals for the future of childcare put forward by the Childcare Commission earlier this week. At a conference in London on Monday the Childcare Commission launched its report, Looking to the future for children and families. It called for parents to receive tax relief of about 2,000 per year and suggested a range of options to support families in the first three years of a child's life, whether a child was in daycare or looked after at home. These included increasing child benefit for children up to age three, a toddler tax credit along the lines of the Working Families Tax Credit available to all except those in the top tax band, and transferable tax allowance available to couples where one partner is in work and paying tax and the other at home.

At a conference in London on Monday the Childcare Commission launched its report, Looking to the future for children and families. It called for parents to receive tax relief of about 2,000 per year and suggested a range of options to support families in the first three years of a child's life, whether a child was in daycare or looked after at home. These included increasing child benefit for children up to age three, a toddler tax credit along the lines of the Working Families Tax Credit available to all except those in the top tax band, and transferable tax allowance available to couples where one partner is in work and paying tax and the other at home.

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