UK childcare is the most expensive in the world: Families now spend a third of their income on nurseries and childminders
- The figure is more than three times the cost in France and Germany
- A full-time nursery place for a child under two costs £222 a week
- Working mums now have to spend £11,300 a year on average on childcare
Couples spend more than a third of their income on nurseries and childminders in the UK – more than three times the cost in France and Germany.
A full-time nursery place for a child under two costs £222 a week, up by a third in six years. It means working mothers now have to spend £11,300 a year on ave
rage on childcare, and up to £15,700 in London.
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