The Daycare Trust, Family and Parenting Institute and National Childminding Association (NCMA) have all called on the government’s childcare commission to do more to help parents.
In a joint statement the Daycare Trust and Family and Parenting Institute, which announced their intention to merge last month, said the commission must urgently explore how all parents can access childcare vouchers regardless of whether or not their employer offers them.
The charities also want the voucher scheme to extend to the self-employed, warning that 95 per cent of parents do not currently access vouchers, despite it being the most popular form of childcare support offered by employers.
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