Now, I am no longer able to afford to work and pay for childcare at the same time.

We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare and send their kids to college.

This, and the fact that you have to pay for childcare, is putting Natasha off becoming a mother.

I pay for childcare up until 6.30pm, the mother wrote.

Family tax benefit rates will be frozen for at least two years to help pay for childcare under the new plan.

The Child Benefit route has distinct advantages over tax relief as a direct subsidy to parents trying to pay for childcare.

As a single mom in the late 90s, I used student loans to pay for childcare, car repair and health insurance.

Students doing their first full-time higher education course may also be eligible for a grant to help pay for childcare while studying.

So I continued to work and pay for childcare, even though I had to pick up another job just to afford it.

There are telling arguments in favour of reinstating, tax allowances for all children, irrespective of whether their parents pay for childcare or not.

For three years, you've been parenting as a single graduate student, borrowing money from the government to pay for childcare and living expenses.

The purpose of this supplement is to assist parents, to pay for childcare costs, in order to facilitate their continued participation in the workforce.

They had hoped it would make a difference to their lives and make it easier for working parents with children to pay for childcare.

I don't earn enough to pay for childcare so I am constantly asking favours from friends and family to cover the days I am working.

In the meantime, the government has announced a further £750m of funding to help parents pay for childcare from 2015.

Couples where both parents work will be able to obtain vouchers worth up to £1,200 to help pay for childcare from 2015.