The UK government has announced a new "tax-free childcare scheme". CRRU has collected government materials, analysis and reaction, and related news on this development.

UK Government materials

• Press release: Millions of parents to get help with childcare costs. [2] 18 Mar 14 
• Tax-Free Childcare: Ten things parents should know [3]. 18 Mar 14
• Consultation outcome documents [4], 18 Mar 14
• All documents related to the UK government's policy aim: "Improving the quality and range of education and childcare from birth to 5 years" [5]

Analysis and community reaction

• Radical reform on childcare still needed (link not available), Dalia Ben-Galim, Institute for Public Policy Research, 18 Mar 14
• Help with childcare for poorest must not be funded by cutting their support in other areas (link not available), Katie Schmuecker, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 18 Mar 14
• No new money, yet more generous support for childcare [6], Mike Brewer, Sarah Cattan and Claire Crawford, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 18 Mar 14
• Extra childcare help for parents welcomed by family charity (link not available), Family and Childcare Trust, 18 Mar 14
• CPAG welcomes announcement on childcare and early years pupil premium investment [7], Child Poverty Action Group, 18 Mar 14

Related news

• New childcare accounts help those who already afford quality [8], Kitty Stewart, The Conversation, 24 Mar 14
• New childcare vouchers: all you need to know [9], Guardian, 18 Mar 14
• Prime minister pitches to families with childcare cash [10], Guardian, 18 Mar 14
• Childcare plans dismissed as 'au pair subsidy' for rich families [11], Guardian, 18 Mar 14
• The government should learn from the childcare policies of other countries [12], Left Foot Forward, 18 Mar 14
• Tax-free childcare alone will not make childcare more affordable for most families [13], Dalia Ben-Galim, Left Foot Forward, 18 Mar 14
• Voucher providers hit out at ‘dysfunctional' childcare delivery plans [14], Workplace Savings and Benefits News, 18 Mar 14
• Childcare vouchers aren't enough to bribe this lefty middle-class mother [15], VJD Smith, Guardian, 19 Mar 14