The petition on the UK Government and Parliament website, which has been created by Ellie Symonds-Lloyd, argues that Government plans to close the vouchers scheme to new entrants could see thousands of parents lose hundreds of pounds or find themselves unable to claim support at all as Tax-Free Childcare is open only to families where all parents work.
Childcare vouchers will be closed to new entrants as of April next year.
Ms Symonds-Lloyd says that voucher schemes should be kept open alongside Tax-Free Childcare to give parents a ‘genuine choice’ for the support that best suits their family.
As this story was published, the petition had received 102,474 signatures- over the 100,000 required for the issue to be debated in Parliament.
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