1 in 4 parents who use formal childcare, say that the cost is now more than 75% of their take-home pay.
Shocking new statistics from Pregnant Then Screwed have laid bare the extend of the UK's childcare crisis, ahead of the Government's Spring Budget.
As the government and Labour both begin to make moves to grab votes ahead of the next general election, the group found 96% of families with a child under three years old are likely to vote for the political party with the best childcare pledge in the next election. The UK's childcare costs are now in the top three most expensive across the developed world - 4 in 10 parents who use childcare have shared that today they often find themselves choosing between paying for childcare and household essentials.
Women with young children feel let down by the Government; 98% of women using childcare think that the Government is not doing enough to support them.
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