A Tory MP has a radical plan for stay-at-home mums – just not the one he thinks
If George Eustice wants a society where mothers are freed from the shackles of office life, then what he is advocating for is a society in which salaries are higher and housing is cheaper, argues Marie Le Conte
Welcome, Comrade George Eustice, to the revolution! The former secretary of state for the environment may not seem like an obvious ally to the struggle, given he has been a Conservative MP for 13 years and was briefly a member of Ukip before that. But it’s never too late to change your mind.
“The relentless pursuit of GDP is a rather flawed, somewhat artificial measure of growth”, he said yesterday in response to the Budget. His argument focused on chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s effort to drive people back into work, including parents of young children.
If you missed it last week, the chancellor announced that one- and two-year-olds would soon be able to receive 30 hours of free childcare a week (during term time), in line with their three- and four-year-old brethren.
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