Russia has banned the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a list of other senior ministers from entering the country over what it describes as the UK’s “hostile” position regarding its war with Ukraine.
31.03.2022 - 00:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding working parents in Scotland not to miss out on the chance to get up to £2,000 a year to pay for regulated childcare, including holiday clubs and other out-of-school activities, during the Easter holidays.
Tax-Free Childcare provides thousands of eligible working families with up to £500 every three months, or £1,000 if their child is disabled, towards the cost of holiday clubs, before and after-school clubs, childminders and nurseries, and other approved childcare schemes.
For every £8 deposited into a Tax-Free Childcare online account, families will receive an additional £2 in UK Government top-up, and it is available for children aged up to 11, or 17 if the child has a disability.
More than 19,800 working families in Scotland used the scheme in December 2021.
Overall, HMRC paid out more than £34 million in top-up payments, which was shared between nearly 328,000 families across the UK.
With recent research estimating that around 1.3 million families could be taking up this UK Government support, parents and carers can check their eligibility and register for Tax-Free Childcare on the GOV.UK website here.
This scheme can help working families including the self-employed and is one of many ways the UK Government is supporting households to reduce their costs and keep more of what they earn to help pay for other bills.
Helen Whately, HM Treasury’s Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said: “There are lots of brilliant holiday clubs and childcare providers to help working parents during the Easter holidays, and Tax-Free Childcare is a great offer that can help cut the childcare bills.
“I urge families across the UK to take advantage of this support and put extra pounds in their
Russia has banned the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a list of other senior ministers from entering the country over what it describes as the UK’s “hostile” position regarding its war with Ukraine.
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