Ed Balls’ reply to my Childcare agitation. Your suggestions urgently needed.
During the last year, behind the scenes, I’ve been agitating on what I believe is a scary major public policy hole with Childcare Vouchers and Childcare Tax Credits. In a nutshell, some people using these government schemes designed to make childcare more affordable are actually potentially £100s or even thousands WORSE off and they don’t even know...
Record 878,000 web visits in one day – a billion hits a month
Last Wed (27 July) was the biggest single day the site’s ever had; a monster 878,000 people came to the site (inc. Main site, forum, tools etc) beating the previous record of 854,000 set in January. While it mightn’t seem it, overtaking a January record is important; the site’s constantly growing, but like all money sites seasonal...
26 September 2023
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