childcare is affordable

• Childcare fees have increased by nearly half (44 per cent) for parents with kids aged under 2

· Union body warns that mums are caught in a “catch 22” with childcare costs soaring and statutory maternity pay falling in real value

· UK government must provide urgent funding boost for the childcare sector – not slash staffing requirements, says TUC

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TUC poll: 1 in 3 parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their pay on childcare

• New poll shows working parents spend a big chunk of their pay on childcare
• TUC says this is putting “huge pressure” on family budgets
• Union body calls for an urgent plan to get wages rising across the economy – and an immediate increase in the minimum wage to at
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