Investment in UK childcare should go towards better pay and conditions for workers. This could also help increase availability and affordability for parents.
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An infant nutrition expert explains the efforts to ensure there is enough baby formula for US consumption and the differences between domestic and imported produce.
The Mitchell Institute mapped childcare availability across the country and found regions where demand rarely met the supply. They also looked at cost and workforce participation for women.
A report uses an international benchmark of no more than 7% of disposable income spent on childcare to determine affordability. It finds childcare is unaffordable for 386,000 Australian families.
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies, University of Manchester
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Research Associate at the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
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Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University