A better way to subsidise childcare
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Further to the news story (7 March) and the letters regarding the payment of the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit (21 March), I think that the WFTC should be distributed by vouchers. The parents should be given vouchers equal to 70 per cent of the childcare costs (or other allocated amount). These vouchers should be cashable at the post office, like a giro, by the childcare provider each week. The provider should have to show proof or registration on each occasion.
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