Workers are quitting jobs over high childcare costs

Trade body says childcare support should be considered as vital to business as 'energy, transport or broadband'

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More than one in four companies have reported that some employees have cut hours because of the "high cost of childcare", says the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

A survey of 1,600 businesses found that one in ten firms have had employees leave their jobs altogether because the expense of putting their children into nursery meant it was not economic for them to return to work, says the BBC.

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