The real cost of childcare
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The move could allow 60,000 more parents of young children to enter the workforce according to the government’s independent forecaster.
While the move has been welcomed by parents, there's been criticism from the childcare sector, which is struggling with a workforce shortage and financial pressures that are forcing businesses to close.
On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard speaks to political correspondent Tamara Cohen about the plans, as well as getting the reaction of Sharon Birch who used to run a nursery in Hartlepool but was forced out by the costs and Steph Barrett, manager of BeBright Pre-School, in Spalding in Lincolnshire.
Podcast producer: Emma-Rae Woodhouse
Interview’s producer: Alex Edden
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 0:00.0 | You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you? |
| 0:04.0 | Fine, she'd say. |
| 0:06.0 | She clearly wasn't. |
| 0:07.0 | After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot. |
| 0:11.0 | Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college, |
| 0:15.0 | same skills but with new people, new challenges. |
| 0:19.0 | Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief. |
| 0:23.2 | Can't get a word in. |
| 0:25.0 | Give your skills new life. |
| 0:26.5 | Train others. |
| 0:27.7 | Search jobs in further education. |
| 0:30.1 | Easter eggs? |
| 0:31.0 | M&S, of course. |
| 0:32.2 | I mean, the new chalk marks egg, |
| 0:34.3 | with salted pretzel pieces and honey almond new guy is pretty spectacular and what |
| 0:39.1 | about the big daddy loaded half egg filled with caramel and peanut chunks and dark chocolate pieces |
| 0:45.2 | or the Swiss chocolate crispy cloud egg with crunchy corn flakes salted caramel and |
| 0:51.2 | almond yes please so if you're looking for amazing eggs, it's got to be M&S. |
| 0:56.4 | This is not just food. This is M&S food. Selected stores. |
| 1:02.6 | I think it's great news. I think any more support for us in general would be a great helping hand. |
| 1:09.9 | I am planning to go back to work full time so any help |
| 1:13.7 | we can get to, you know, help that transition back to work. I think it's really, really hard |
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