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A quarter of British parents quit their job to look after their children because rising childcare costs are forcing them out of work – with almost three-quarters saying they struggle to make payments, a study says.
The number of job dropouts seems to be higher than in countries like Brazil
Part-time childcare now costs an average of £7,000 per child per year
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Childcare costs force one in four British parents to quit their job, while nearly three-quarters of children said it was difficult to meet the payments, a study found.
The number of people leaving work is higher than in countries such as Brazil, Turkey and Nigeria, according to research by children’s charity World’s World.
It comes as the UK-based National Childbirth Trust found that part-time childcare now costs an average of £7,000 per child per year, with costs rising in London.
In his latest budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt put in an extra £4 billion to fund childcare over three years. For eligible families in England, every child under the age of five will receive 30 hours a week of free childcare. However, this will not be effective until September 2025.
Their scientist’s research involved questioning more than 7,000 carers and parents of children under the age of seven from the UK, Brazil, India, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Turkey and the US.
In his latest budget, chancellor Jeremy Hunt (pictured) put in an extra £4 billion to fund childcare over three years
The research found that 23 per cent of British parents left work or school to avoid childcare costs, compared with 17 per cent in Brazil, 16 per cent in Turkey and 13 per cent in Nigeria.
As many as 74 percent of parents in the UK said they find it difficult to cover the costs of childcare, compared with 52 percent in India, 57 percent in the Netherlands, 59 percent in Nigeria and 68 percent in the United States.
Their world chair Sarah Brown, who is married to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is calling on governments to urgently prioritize spending in the early years.
The survey revealed “the scale of the global early years crisis and its impact on children in rich and poor countries alike” and change is needed because “early years care is essential to a country’s infrastructure such as roads, hospitals and telecommunications,” said Ms Brown.
Sixty-five per cent of UK parents questioned said they had to make major financial changes, including doing more work and spending less on food, in order to afford childcare.
The UK-based National Childbirth Organization found that part-time childcare now costs an average of £7,000 per child per year, with costs rising in London. (file photo)
About 22 percent said they spend between 30 and 70 percent of their income on child care.
Children from more affluent, well-educated backgrounds tend to start primary school ready to learn, their scientist said, but there are nearly 250 million children in low- and middle-income countries at risk of not reaching their full developmental potential due to poverty, inadequate nutrition, exposure to stress, and lack of stimulation and learning. early.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who appeared before the House of Commons Liaison Committee last month, denied that the childcare system was in crisis.
He said: ‘I think the announcements in the budget have been very warmly welcomed by the childcare sector for what they’re going to do, which is to increase funding for childcare as it is now, but also expand the provision to cover some of the gaps in the current system and move us into a very dignified position internationally compared to our peers in childcare.
A quarter of British parents quit their jobs to look after their children because of childcare costs
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