The survey of 2,209 parents in England and Wales, carried out for the TUC (Trades Union Congress) finds nearly one in five (18 per cent) with children not yet in school spend between a third and half their salary on childcare. Around one in seven (15 per cent) said that the costs take up more than half of their pay.
Black and minority ethnic (BME) and disabled working parents were particularly likely to spend more of their income on childcare.
More than a third (35 per cent) of disabled parents said they’re spending over a third of their pay on childcare costs, compared to 16 per cent of non-disabled workers.
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