It has been announced just this morning, that the tax relief on childcare vouchers will not be phased out as previously planned.
Instead, the Government will allow tax relief on all basic rate tax, only removing the ability to claim on higher rate tax. This means that all working parents will have the same access to [...]

Computershare Voucher Services are keeping up the campaign to save childcare vouchers – read our latest pieces of coverage here:
Pay and Benefits – Help The Children
As the campaign to persuade the Government to abandon its proposals to phase out childcare vouchers gather pace, Simon Moore explains why the service is so important.
Education Insider – Shouted [...]

REVOLT ON THREAT TO CHILDCARE TAX BREAK UK Express, 12th Nov – ‎GORDON Brown was last night forced to defend his plans for scrapping tax relief on childcare in the face of an angry revolt among …
Brown tries to end revolt on childcare vouchers | This is Money Daily Mail, 12 Nov – Gordon [...]

New research from the Institute of Payroll Professionals reveals that the majority of employers would not offer a childcare voucher scheme if tax relief on the benefit is phased out as planned by the Labour Government…read more…..
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2009/11/firms-set-to-drop-childcare-vouchers-if-tax-move-goes-ahead.htm

There’s been great coverage over the past few days as the Sunday Times revealed that senior women Labour backbenchers, including Patricia Hewitt, the former health secretary, and Caroline Flint, the former Europe minister, severely criticise the Government’s proposal to phase out tax relief on the vouchers. They echo our belief that [...]

The World At One programme that was aired on Monday 26th October included an interview with former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt who came out against the proposal to abolish Childcare Vouchers. The link to listen to the show again on BBC iPlayer is below, but to quote:
“I’m very unhappy about this idea that we help [...]

Simon Moore appeared on The Politics Show West at the weekend, discussing the proposals to scrap childcare vouchers.

Yesterday, Simon Moore, Managing Director of Computershare Voucher Services, was interviewed for the Politics Show by Andrew Plant, a TV reporter for BBC South. Simon discussed how the announcement about phasing out childcare vouchers will affect local parents and businesses. Simon explained that parents in the South West are going to suffer as they lose [...]

The Sun gave great profile to our campaign yesterday: The Sun Kid Tax Fury

Great coverage for the issue in the weekend’s Sunday Telegraph, click the link below to take a read!
Who will look after baby?