The TUC wants universal, flexible, high-quality childcare available to all families at the point that paid maternity or parental leave ends.
Childcare costs
It comes as new analysis by the union body reveals that the cost of childcare for under-twos has increased by nearly £3,000 a year in England in the last decade.
According to the TUC, in 2012, the average full-time nursery bill for a family with a child under two was £11,300. In 2021, this cost had risen to £14,200 – an increase of 26 per cent.
The analysis shows that the East of England and the West Midlands have seen the biggest increase to childcare fees.
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