Voucher rise is welcomed

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 30 March 2006

Childcare and early years organisations met Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget announcement of an increase in the tax and national insurance exemption on employer-supported childcare to £55 with a chorus of approval. The 10 per cent increase from £50 was part of a package of measures which also included a rise in the proportion of costs covered by the childcare element of the Working Tax Credit, and a rise in maternity and paternity pay from £106 to £108.85 a week.

Childcare and early years organisations met Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget announcement of an increase in the tax and national insurance exemption...

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