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Extra money towards the costs of childcare will be available for the first time for parents who work 16 hours a week or less, the government announced today.

The coalition revealed it will invest £300 million in the new plans, which are set to benefit some 80,000 families on universal credit who previously did not qualify for financial help.

The proposals come after months of intensive lobbying from children's charities who put pressure on the government after funding was reduced for childcare in the welfare reforms announced last April.

The move also comes as the latest polling data reveals the coalition is losing support from low-earning working women, a key demographic responsible for bringing Mr Cameron to power.

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Extra money for childcare

06/10/11

Save the Children: New plans will help make work pay

Iain Duncan Smith: Parents can work to suit their families

Nick Clegg: Childcare support is a lifeline

Labour: Announcement is merely smoke and mirrors

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No 10 unleashes Tory gay marriage opposition with free vote move

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Must try harder: £35bn remains in uncollected tax

Leveson vs Paxman: 'You could become an irrelevance'

Cameron lashes out: Ed Balls branded a "muttering idiot"

Rees-Mogg: Coalition can't fix Britain

The Watson/Mensch love-in continues… sort of

Pseudo facts? New London Assembly gets off to a rocky start

Beecroft stings 'socialist' Cable

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