Childcare subsidies will only shift costs, not lower prices
22 March 2023
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Christopher Snowdon appears on GB News
IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has appeared on GB News to criticise the government’s latest round of childcare subsidies.
Christopher said:
“We need to be dealing with the problem, which is that childcare is incredibly expensive. Why is [the cost of] childcare twice the OECD average? Why is it six or seven times higher than in Sweden or Germany?
“Rather than tackling the problem – which is that childcare is incredibly expensive – the government is just shifting the cost from one bunch of taxpayers to the other.”
Christopher said:
“We need to be dealing with the problem, which is that childcare is incredibly expensive. Why is [the cost of] childcare twice the OECD average? Why is it six or seven times higher than in Sweden or Germany?
“Rather than tackling the problem – which is that childcare is incredibly expensive – the government is just shifting the cost from one bunch of taxpayers to the other.”
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