It was great to hear at a roundtable discussion with housing associations yesterday that two were exploring partnerships with nurseries to support tenants into work.
Childcare costs are rapidly becoming families' single biggest weekly outgoing. For example, a full time nursery place for our two year-old daughter is nearly £700 – on par with the UK’s average rent.
For lone parents, the sums simply don’t add up and provide a disincentive to work.
Moreover, next April sees the int...
