Last week, the day before the Budget, Nick Clegg and David Cameron
took us all a bit by surprise by unveiling plans to extend the tax-free
childcare scheme and fund an Early Years Pupil Premium.
Well, if we'd forgotten that we're now in the run-up to an election, this was certainly a reminder!
The tax-free childcare scheme will help a lot of people - including, controversially for many, couples earning up to £300,000 between them. It should be a vote winner for the middle income, middle classes, of course.
At least the amount of help for those on Universal Credit has gone up from 70 percent of childcare costs to 85 percent, which should be a boost to those on low incomes.
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