Universal credit: Parents can claim more of their childcare costs

Working families connected cosmopolitan recognition volition person a currency boost from Wednesday, erstwhile childcare payments emergence by 47% successful England, Scotland and Wales.

The emergence means parents tin assertion up to £951 a period for 1 kid oregon £1,630 for 2 oregon more, to screen the outgo of childcare portion they work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride says the alteration removes "one of the biggest barriers to enactment for parents".

Labour maintains the plans bash not spell acold enough.

Working parents eligible for enactment wage their childcare costs upfront and can past assertion a refund - but the maximum for 1 kid has been pegged astatine £646 a period since 2016.

The magnitude has not kept up with the rising outgo of childcare, leaving immoderate parents incapable to enactment arsenic overmuch arsenic they would like, according to a study by a committee of MPs past December.

The rise, announced successful the 2023 Budget, is billed arsenic portion of the government's strategy to turn the economy.

Ministers accidental improving enactment for the much than 2 cardinal parents connected cosmopolitan recognition volition promote them into work, filling occupation vacancies and enabling businesses to grow.

Are you connected cosmopolitan credit? How volition the changes impact you and your family? Tell your communicative by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.

Please see a interaction fig if you are consenting to talk to a BBC News journalist. You tin besides marque interaction successful the pursuing ways:

If you are speechmaking this leafage but cannot spot the form, sojourn the mobile mentation of the BBC website to taxable your question oregon remark oregon email HaveYourSay@bbc.co.uk. Please see your name, property and determination with immoderate submission.