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Following on from the previous post outlining Tory duplicity and their plans for the funding of childcare, quite aside from the effect these plans would have on poorer people is the issue of where the money would come from. The Guardian rightly points out:

The biggest question, however, is financial. Even if the losers got no relief, the plan would carry a price tag of £4bn - a large sum for any party, but especially for one aspiring to tax cuts. The Conservatives wisely endorsed the aspiration of the report, without the specifics, exempting themselves from having to explain where the money would come from. But the Tories, ahead in the polls, need to start taking more care about what they wish for. Before long they could find themselves charged with making their wishes come true.

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