The government has formally announced its plans to double free childcare hours for three and four-year-old children and expects to introduce the measures next year.
In a shocking night of General Election results the Conservatives have won enough seats for David Cameron to form a small majority government. WSB examines the key workplace benefits related points from the Conservative manifesto.
The vast majority of parents will be better off using childcare vouchers than the coalition's Tax-Free Childcare.
An assessment of parental needs has identified at least nine categories of employees who will be better off by remaining on the current childcare voucher scheme than utilising the incoming Tax-Free Childcare.
The Liberal Democrats will look at introducing a flat-rate pensions tax relief, expand shared parental leave, consider increasing NI thresholds and commit to 20 hours of free childcare a week for all working parents.
The government has doubled the amount of tax-free childcare that parents of disabled children can claim.
A Liberal Democrat government would provide 15 hours a week of free childcare to working parents of all children aged between nine months and three years.
The vast majority of employers welcome shared parental leave and many have either put a new policy in place or are well on the road to doing so.
The majority of Britons want to share childcare responsibilities equally, with men more positive about the issue than women.
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