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Childcare vouchers deadline extended

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The government has announced that employer-supported childcare (the childcare voucher scheme) will remain open to new entrants for a further six-months, until October 2018.

The government has announced that employer-supported childcare (the childcare voucher scheme) will remain open to new entrants for a further six-months, until October 2018.

The scheme was due to close and be replaced by the childcare payments scheme (tax-free childcare) from 6 April. The secretary of state for education announced the extension during a debate in the House of Commons in response to concerns about problems with the operation of tax-free childcare.

Parents can claim either childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare, but not both.

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