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Parents 'held back from work by low pay and childcare costs'
MANY parents are keen to work but are being held back by low pay and costly childcare, a study finds today.
One in five unemployed parents who wanted to work cited lack of affordable childcare as a barrier, the Child Poverty Action Group charity says.
Low and middle-income parents who were surveyed also said that they could not find childcare for the hours they needed.
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