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Ministers urge Brown to keep tax relief on childcare vouchers

A group of nine former Government ministers, including the former children's minister Beverley Hughes, wrote to Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday (Tuesday) to protest about the decision to axe tax relief on childcare vouchers.

Patricia Hewitt, the former health secretary, and Caroline Flint, the former Europe minister, are also among the signatories urging the Prime Minister not to abolish the benefit on employer-supported childcare, which they say is 'greatly unfair' and would undo one of Labour's landmark achievements.

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