Childcare sector

An “urgent cash injection to the childcare sector” is needed to prevent parents being forced out of work, the TUC said last month.

Its report, Forced out: the cost of getting childcare wrong, recommends “emergency measures” from the government to prevent “widespread and unnecessary job loss” for working parents.

The report points out that disruption to the labour market caused by the impact of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on working families’ lives, “particularly the lives of working mums”.

These difficulties have intensified since the crisis began and have damaged women’s equal access to employment.

https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-06/ForcedOut2.pdf