And then went on to elaborate that common sense should prevail and nurseries should charge a top-up for out of scope things -- food(iirc?), nappies, wet wipes, etc etc.Have you forgotten when I told you yesterday direct top ups are prohibited?
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Because I was paying £7/hr for childcare, then £7.50 and as of 1st April - £8/hr. And I know for sure that of the 10 or so staff, 5 or 6 are youfff on appreticechips etc. and the owners husband is on pay roll, her sis/niece etc...
They now rent a school premises at ultra low cost too...
Nurseries not being profitable is a cop out IMHO. Maybe it is region dependant.
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Unless you are suggesting that private services are strictly for people earning over £100k what point are you trying to make?
Dude... you entered this thread with some dumb comment. Just go back to your day as you aren't adding anything.
Hunt has to run the actual economy based on tools and money available due to the prevailing circumstances rather more than ideology.
Lefties love taxes so stands to reason they would also love this does it not?
Lol I think we can all see that it is you making the dumb comments.
Gucci belts and the lack of corner sofas I think.
I'll reply later, I'm busy cleaning my Lambo.
I suspect you are busy cleaning somebody else's lambo lol
Yea, London is a bit skewed on what they can charge, hell I had parents scream blue murder when I was putting fees up and we were only charging around 3.50 - 4.50 / hr at the time, dependent on the age group (this was about 5 yrs ago)
Lack of subsidy from the Govt basically. This country doesn't value Childrens development like others do.
Which will be great for parents when in Sept 2025 when it applies to all pre-school children and not only for 3-4 y/o's whose parents meet certain criteria as it is currently, until then we still have some of the most expensive Early Years Education in the world due to lack of Govt subsidy.
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Before subsidised child care became a thing and paid public nurseries became commonplace circa 1989, one wonders how an equable family life could have existed previously.
Perhaps women saw time with their child as welcome then, and not a burden to their social and ecomic aspirations, to be delegated to strangers, in favour of quasi affordable homes, clothes, cars and holidays, often paid for on barely managed credit.
Perhaps women saw time with their child as welcome then, and not a burden to their social and ecomic aspirations, to be delegated to strangers, in favour of quasi affordable homes, clothes, cars and holidays, often paid for on barely managed credit.
So its only actually the most expensive (citation needed lol) for parents in certain circumstances because for the rest it is subsidised by free hours AND there is a plan in place to extend those free places once more nursery spaces become available?
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Maybe you should find yourself a chart comparing the change in cost of housing (either bought or rented) and cost of living compared to the change in wages. That might help you with your question.
It used to be possible for a family to survive on a single person's working class wage.
Why not just make a SIPP contribution before end of tax year? Unless you want the income.
I mean, it's not surprising you have an antiquated and uninformed view on this subject, since you do with most others, but since having been a manager of a large nursery previously and with my partner who owns and runs an outstanding Nursery, I can confidently say you have no idea what you are talking about
I appreciate your ignorant view, like many others ITT, is because you don't know much about child development, why would you you are skilled in other areas, but I would advocate all children should go to a nursery setting. Working or non-working parents. This whole framing of the "childcare*" being just so parents can get back to work is just so sad, as no-one even talks about or cares about what is best for the children, which is what it should be about.
Believe me, the parents main job is to provide a stable, loving home for their children, but if you want the best out of their development then send them to a Nursery. This isn't a slight on parents, but you wouldn't expect them to know what's best for child development, why would they? And for all the will in the world they can't just be there dedicating their time all day every day to the child like the people paid to do it as a job can.
You would be amazed at the difference in stages of development between a child that has been at Nursery from an early age and one who comes for the first time when they are 3 to get their "free" hours, it's just night and day.
* I think this all stems from the antiquated view point that "childcare" with nurserys is just "baby sitting". They just look after the child while the parent goes out to work. They don't, it's now called Early Years Education for a reason, as we have now found, the first two years are some of the most important in setting the foundations of a childs whole future development.
I always use the analogy that anyone can grow a plant or some fruit and veg. Put it in the soil, water it feed it and it'll grow. But if you want the best out of that plant, to get award winning fruit and veg, then it takes a lot of knowledge, skill and effort.
Here we have someone earning six figures moaning they don’t earn enough to pay the bills.
Riggghhttt…