Childcare credits

Childcare charity Daycare Trust has called for more help with the cost of childcare for working parents through the new tax credits, introduced this month. It wants to see an increase in the percentage of childcare costs payable through the childcare element of the new Working Tax Credit as well as an increase in the income levels under which families are eligible for help.

Making childcare work: changing childcare for a better work-life balance, £5, from Daycare Trust, 21 St George's Road, London SE1 6ES; tel: 020 7840 3350.