UK childcare costs soar by more than £2,000 in a decade, TUC says

UK parents face some of the highest childcare costs among leading economies, according to the OECD. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

The cost of childcare has soared over the past decade and is now more than £2,000 a year higher than it was in 2010, according to analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

As people in the UK struggle with the cost of living crisis, parents face some of the highest childcare costs among leading economies, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).