The Institute for Public Policy Research has set out its vision for a new "Anglo-social" welfare state with childcare and early years education at its heart.
Social justice: building a fairer Britain recommends that by 2020 mothers should get a total of 18 months' paid maternity leave. There should also be free pre-school education 48 weeks per year for under-fives, and increases in qualification levels of the early years workforce.
To fund this, the report recommends that a combined top rate tax of 50 per cent be introduced for those earning more than 100,000.
Nick Pearce, ippr director, said: "At the heart of our social justice ambitions should be a system of universal, high-quality childcare and early years education. Achieving social justice in Britain will mean calling on the public to give their support."
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