We used to live in the UK, but moved to Sweden, one of the reasons being the expensive childcare.
In Sweden we pay circa £86 a month per child, and this includes three meals a day plus fruit, and the same goes in school.
Yes, taxes are high here (28-34% income tax), but so much is “free”, such as university and hospitals, while schools and nurseries cost very little. It’s stressful being a parent as it is, but to also have the economic stress is not fair on parents or children.
We hope the system in the UK will be reformed and modernised.
— A swede
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