Welfare cuts and childcare. Why is the Coalition cutting
maternity pay? – Telegraph Blogs  Saturday 30 August 2014 | Blog
Feed | All feeds  James Kirkup    Childcare is the new rock ‘n’
roll, as far as politicians are concerned. Nick Clegg spent a
lot of last year trying to get the issue on the agenda, with
limited success. Now his Conservative colleagues have decided
he’s onto something, and the Coalition is going to Do Something
to make it (a bit) cheaper for (some) parents to get someone to
look after their kids while they’re at work.  Given the
crippling costs of childcare and the propensity of young parents
to switch their votes around, it’s perhaps surprising that it’s
taken politicians so long to spot an opportunity here. There are
surely lots of votes to be won for the party that a) comes up
with credible plans to make life easier for the large number of
voters with small children and b) looks like it actually
understands the everyday lives of those people. We should see
the Coalition’s stab at this n