Childcare help given qualified welcome

The Government's decision to give tax relief of £50 a week for all employer-supported registered childcare has been warmly welcomed by early years organisations. The childcare tax relief, which will begin from April 2005, was announced by chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown in his pre-Budget report on 10 December. He said, 'For every employee whatever their income level, employers will be able to provide, free of both employee national insurance and income tax and free...