Don't Complicate the Childcare Debate, Dave ; Readers' Views
Evening Standard - London › June 23, 2006
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YOU report that David Cameron has "given his full backing to stay- at-home mums" by looking at changes to the tax system (20 June). I rejoice at politicians' apparent shift in attitude towards fulltime mothers, but have to wonder why this is happening.
When in her column, even as she insists she wants to give parents genuine choices, Diane Abbott fondly reminisces about taking her baby son into work with her at the Commons, it demonstrates how politicians must remain level-headed and not let themselves be swayed by personal experience or interest-group pressure on this issue.See the full content of this document
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Don't Complicate the Childcare Debate, Dave ; Readers' Views
Like everything in politics, policy on childcare comes down to trying to ensure a fair distribution of public funds. To the double earners, who enjoy two personal tax allowances as well as two lower- rate tax bands, Mr Cameron says that he will add yet another tax allowance to set against childc...
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