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Ust Oldfield
@ustdoes.tech

The issue isn’t that higher tax payers should have access to subsidised childcare, it’s that it should be tapered off so that earning more isn’t immediately penalised. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Tories vow to end £100,000 childcare trap but keep pensions triple lock

giftarticle.ft.comTories vow to end £100,000 childcare trap but keep pensions triple lockKemi Badenoch says current threshold for free hours, introduced by previous Conservative government, punishes parents for working more

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Ust Oldfield
@ustdoes.tech

There is no one who is a higher tax payer who is seriously arguing for free childcare for themselves. Or, if they are, they shouldn’t be taken seriously.

Ust Oldfield
@ustdoes.tech

My biggest issue with the 100k cliff is that it penalises single income households. Two parents earning 99,999 each reap all the benefits and earn collectively more than a single income household on 100k. Basically, if you live together you should be taxed together.

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@sperrympe.bsky.social

Does anyone know someone on over £100k that has taken a lessor position / pay cut to get subsidised childcare? That's who BadEnoch says (BBC yesterday) this was for? Just want to know if any such Unicorns exist? 😱