It is good to see Elizabeth Truss MP arguing strongly for childcare policy changes to promote mothers’ employment and making the case for the importance of childminding.
Working mothers play a huge role in boosting economic success. As well as providing the UK economy with the widest possible access to skills and talent – critical in today’s globalised, competitive world – the employment of working mothers is crucial for the living standards of families. As the Resolution Foundation has demonstrated, one of the main influences in living standards in the last 40 years has been the rise of female employment.
However, we are concerned that Truss’s proposed solutions, particularly in relation to deregulation, will damage the status of childminders and the quality of services they provide, and have a negative impact on families.
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