Got a live in nanny for your children?

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I thought we had a Socialist Government. An item on the news has made me so angry. From next year anyone who prefers to have a live in nanny for their children will receive help towards the cost of their childcare. They can receive this help provided the salary is 59K or below, why on earth should people earning that amount of money need help when there are so many other people living on the poverty line.
At the same time they are lowering the amount pensioners have been able to have in combined state and works pensions to be eligble for extra personal allowance by 3K.
Seems to me that there is something wrong when money is taken from pensioners to subsidise those on high salaries.

money allways goes to money ....allways has allways will ....the goverment no matter who it is will never run this country correctly ....

[dellym]

well you all know my situation..i live on £97 a week. Ive always worked and i wont justify my choice to stay at home while my son is young. It seems to me that we are being told that the next generation need to be brought up with morals, values etc but yet are told to put our kids in child care from day nought!
How this will make the next generation a better generation is beyond me!
Im not a sponger..i just want to raise my son.

[wayneyboy1942]

The problem is that this is'nt a Labour govenment it's a new labour one. Only thing is they are the best out of a very bad bunch. They should have an extra box to tic in the polls,none of em,bet it would get a lot of votes.

[ollie]

my mum had a live in nanny when we were children. It was our Grandma

Wonder if grannies qualify for the handout?

[loobyloo27]

When will the Government get real?

[grannyclaret]

maybe thats what i heard this morning nessie i was under the impresion that it was for mums not nannies .god dell how do you manage on that sort of money ,its a disgace ,how could you possibly aford a nannie ?

[dellym]

i manage cos i have a very good mum who lets me live in her house rent free and even though she doesnt live here anymore..shes in spain...she still pays half towards bills, id never manage if it wasnt for her!

[Mattylad]

What a good mum...