UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours

September 9, 2026 · 11:01 pm 1 sources

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• UK chancellor urged to remove £100k childcare ‘cliff edge’ prompting parents to cut work hours
  The Guardian · September 9, 2026 23:01
  Critics say threshold pushes higher-paid staff to cut back on work and often mothers to stop working to avoid losing entitlement John Healey has been urged to fix the £100,000 childcare “cliff edge”, that means some higher-paid employees cut back on work to avoid losing their entitlement. Since…