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Childcare costs

Vonny
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Welfare rights adviser - Social Inclusion Unit, Swansea

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Why are the government (some education minister on the tv this morning) saying they will pay 85% of childcare costs under uni credit - my understanding is it is 70% as with tax credits?
Or is another change coming?

Gareth Morgan
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Extra money going into UC - £200M.  The 85% figure though is its value for tax-payers so what that actually means isn’t clear.