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More nursery and early years places and spaces to be delivered, with an online childcare eligibility checker to give information about new support.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits
Findings from the evaluation of the first year of the national rollout of 30 hours free childcare.
Entitlements to free school meals after the working tax credit changes in April 2012.
Find out how to set up salary sacrifice arrangements and calculate tax and National Insurance contributions on them if you're an employer.
Tax-Free Childcare – a childcare top-up for working parents – can be used to help pay for accredited holiday clubs, childminders or sports activities.
Experimental statistics on the use of 30 hours free childcare from April to July 2019.
Nurseries and childminders across the country will be paid more from today for every government-funded hour they provide to parents.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Experimental statistics on the use of 30 hours free childcare from September to December 2018.
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