@NEF @PollardTom @jrf_uk This would be better at supporting working fams to increase hrs, more progressive & simpler - combining current complex mess of funded hrs, Tax Free CC and UC into single offer. If parents increased working hrs/earnings, it'd have virtuous fiscal benefits vs. current system. 5/5

@NEF @PollardTom @jrf_uk We've looked at effects of an alternative offer which combines universal & contributory elements: .- A core free 15hrs for all kids; .- For working familes, a % cap on childcare spend above that. To do this we've built a detailed & dynamic childcare model using survey data. [4/].

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@NEF @PollardTom @jrf_uk Even for existing working families, funded hrs aren't enough to support full-time childcare. It'll remain prohibitively expensive for low-to-middle income families - costing 2.5-3.5 times more than a family on 90th earnings percentile (& way more for multi-child fams) [/3].

@NEF @PollardTom @jrf_uk To realise economic benefits from childcare, you really need to support poorest families - where social & labour market gains by far highest - to access it. Yet current system denies support to these families: richest 8x more likely to benefit from expanded expanded hrs. [2/]

A pretty hefty piece of @NEF analysis out today by me and @PollardTom - in collaboration with @jrf_uk & Pregnant Then Screwed - on the problems with funded hours-based childcare system Labour inherited & case for a more progressive alternative.👇[1/].

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We've seen alarming trends in in-work poverty in the UK - despite rises in the Living Wage. I've written a piece for @LSEpoliticsblog looking at the role 'good work' plays in this, based on @NEF analysis:. See also my talk at #LSEFestival on Monday (👇)!.

Will be speaking with @CASE_LSE Mon on the job quality of the most disadvantaged! 👇 . Presenting some new analysis done with @NEF on in-work poverty, job prospects, inflexible working and the state of local labour markets - and the dangers posed by welfare conditionality.

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