Nursery World - Culture needs to change

The full potential of the female workforce is being lost due to the high cost of childcare, argues Vidhya Alakeson

Childcare costs continue to outpace inflation and wages, putting a
real strain on family finance. What price do we pay as a country for
these high childcare costs?

We have recently published the findings of a survey we conducted in partnership with Mumsnet about work and childcare. The survey of nearly 2,000 mums revealed the scale of lost potential in the UK from not enabling mothers to work the hours they would like.

One in five working mums would like to work more - on average, ten extra hours a week - and four out of ten mums currently not working said they would like to work. On average, they would like to work 23 hours a week.

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