Tories plan to expand free childcare to high earners to end ‘cliff edge’
Summary
The Conservative Party plans to remove the £100,000 income limit on free childcare in England, allowing all working parents with at least 16 hours per week to claim it. They say this will cost £700 million a year and plan to pay for it by cutting jobs in some public organizations.Key Facts
- Currently, free childcare (30 hours per week) stops if one parent earns above £100,000.
- Conservatives want to remove this salary limit so more parents can qualify.
- The cost of this change is about £700 million annually.
- Funding would come from job cuts in groups like Arts Council England and the Environment Agency.
- Kemi Badenoch, a Conservative leader, says the current system discourages parents from working more.
- Labour criticized the plan, saying it mainly helps wealthier people.
- Conservatives also plan to abolish most stamp duty, a property tax, which mostly benefits richer people.
- Another plan includes increasing prison spaces by 50%, funded partly by cutting overseas aid from current plans.
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