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Summer holiday childcare is costing parents a fortune—with average fees hitting £1,145 per child for six weeks, up 5% from last year. That’s nearly £191 a week just to keep kids occupied while parents work. Holiday clubs now cost over 2.5 times more than term-time after-school care, with Wales up 10%, inner London and the North East seeing steeper hikes—except Yorkshire and the Humber, which saw a slight drop. Childminder costs also rose 7% to £251 weekly. These soaring bills are straining working families, making it harder to balance employment and childcare, and the numbers don’t include any potential government aid.

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