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20/03/2013
The claims were revealed after a briefing on the Government's new childcare plans were inadvertently published, the Daily Mail has reported.
According to the Treasury, mothers who stay at home to look after their children do not need as much financial help as those who work, but the thoughts have sparked outrage with some saying the policy is a "slap in the face for two million stay-at-home mothers."
Speculation has also arisen that the scheme will deliberately discriminate against traditional single-earner families in an attempt to force more mothers back to work.
The Treasury briefing said: "Working families who are struggling with their childcare costs, or families where parents want to go to work but can’t afford to are in greater need of state support for child care than families where one parent chooses to stay at home and look after their children full-time."
The document was later removed.
On Tuesday, David Cameron and Nick Clegg confirmed that working couples who each earn less than £150k will qualify for child care tax breaks worth up to £1,200 a year per child from 2015. This means that a couple could have a joint income of £300k and still qualify for the tax break.
It is understood they would receive 20% of their yearly childcare costs which can be up to £6k per child. This would save a typical working family with two children under 12 up to £2,400 a year. Single parents who are employed and earn less than £150k will also be eligible, however the Government confirmed that families in which only one parent works, wold not receive anything.
Speaking on a visit to a nursery in Wandsworth, south London, the Prime Minister said: "For many families the cost of childcare is not one issue among many, it is the issue – it really matters. We want to help people who work hard and want to get on, and so effectively this is some tax relief on childcare."
However, campaign group Mothers at Home Matter, said the policy was a "slap in the face" for stay at home mothers.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Marie Peacock from the campaign group, said: "Those mothers are working hard and they want to get on. Hard-working families are not just families with two earners. David Cameron is alienating mothers across Britain.
"We have been inundated with calls from stay-at-home mums who are puzzled and confused by what Mr Cameron is saying."
While secretary for Mothers at Home Matter, Lynne Burnham, added that many full-time mothers were angry over the suggestion that they did not work hard.
She said: "It is completely incongruous for the Government to be paying £1,200 per child to families on joint incomes of £300,000 yet taking away child benefit from single-earner couples on £50,000.
"Mothers who stay at home are hard-working – the difference is that we don’t get paid. The Government doesn’t seem to understand that the Big Society David Cameron wanted is falling by the wayside as mothers are forced back to work."
(JP)
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Govt Plans To Penalise Stay-At-Home Mums Criticised
Plans to penalise stay-at-home mums have been heavily criticised.The claims were revealed after a briefing on the Government's new childcare plans were inadvertently published, the Daily Mail has reported.
According to the Treasury, mothers who stay at home to look after their children do not need as much financial help as those who work, but the thoughts have sparked outrage with some saying the policy is a "slap in the face for two million stay-at-home mothers."
Speculation has also arisen that the scheme will deliberately discriminate against traditional single-earner families in an attempt to force more mothers back to work.
The Treasury briefing said: "Working families who are struggling with their childcare costs, or families where parents want to go to work but can’t afford to are in greater need of state support for child care than families where one parent chooses to stay at home and look after their children full-time."
The document was later removed.
On Tuesday, David Cameron and Nick Clegg confirmed that working couples who each earn less than £150k will qualify for child care tax breaks worth up to £1,200 a year per child from 2015. This means that a couple could have a joint income of £300k and still qualify for the tax break.
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It is understood they would receive 20% of their yearly childcare costs which can be up to £6k per child. This would save a typical working family with two children under 12 up to £2,400 a year. Single parents who are employed and earn less than £150k will also be eligible, however the Government confirmed that families in which only one parent works, wold not receive anything.
Speaking on a visit to a nursery in Wandsworth, south London, the Prime Minister said: "For many families the cost of childcare is not one issue among many, it is the issue – it really matters. We want to help people who work hard and want to get on, and so effectively this is some tax relief on childcare."
However, campaign group Mothers at Home Matter, said the policy was a "slap in the face" for stay at home mothers.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Marie Peacock from the campaign group, said: "Those mothers are working hard and they want to get on. Hard-working families are not just families with two earners. David Cameron is alienating mothers across Britain.
"We have been inundated with calls from stay-at-home mums who are puzzled and confused by what Mr Cameron is saying."
While secretary for Mothers at Home Matter, Lynne Burnham, added that many full-time mothers were angry over the suggestion that they did not work hard.
She said: "It is completely incongruous for the Government to be paying £1,200 per child to families on joint incomes of £300,000 yet taking away child benefit from single-earner couples on £50,000.
"Mothers who stay at home are hard-working – the difference is that we don’t get paid. The Government doesn’t seem to understand that the Big Society David Cameron wanted is falling by the wayside as mothers are forced back to work."
(JP)
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