Parents at home or work should each get aid

WORKING parents should get tax relief on childcare, and stay-at-home parents should get a State payment to look after their children, the first ever nationwide media poll on childcare shows.

The findings are remarkable in that stay-at-home parents support giving financial help to working parents, who in turn support state help for parents in the home.

The across-the-board support for Government initiatives to ease the burden of childcare is obvious: