Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement John Healey has been urged to fix the £100, 000 childcare “cliff edge”, that means some higher-paid employees cut back on work to avoid losing their entitlement.
Since the latest expansion of taxpayer-funded childcare in 2024, families with young children in which both parents earn less than £100, 000 a year can be entitled to 30 hours a week of care - or none at all, if one of them cross that threshold. Continue reading...