As 40% or so of fathers are doing as much child care as mothers or more, are fathers entitled to this?

Are parents who share the care of their children but both work entitled to this?

Are separated fathers who share the care of the children going to get a respective % of this payment?

Are grandparents and other extended family excluded if they are watching the children?

When are politicians going to get the message that we need to promote inclusive policies that include fathers, grandparents and other extended family?

Rather than the further sexist policies that keep mothers in the home only and fathers at work only. Each individual family should be able designate the payments as fits their circumstances and not on prescribed govt gender targets.

JB, Surrey,

As I don't have any kids can I just send my entire wage packet to the closest family.

Roger, Surrey,

When will we move away from the nanny state? What gaurantee is there that this money will be utilized for childcare? Perhaps the answer is for the government to "outsource" childcare for all working mothers for children between 1 year and four years.

Hamad Lone, London, England

The current tax credits system gives money to mothers for childcare costs, but requires real proof that the child benefits from any formal care at all. Like the rest of the tax credits system this allows fraud on a massive scale. I hope a Tory government will address this whole area with a lot more practical common sense that Labour, who have thrown billions of our money down the drain in poorly thought out ineffectual glossy schemes.

Andrew Piercy, Northampton, England

Mike

it is a surreal part of being a father that everything to do with your child's welfare is targetted at the mother. Bureacrats seem to live in the late 19th Century

Peter, London,

If they can't afford them don't have them. who is going to pay this money? the Working Tax payer, much will go on Booze,cigarettes, bingo. Not on the kids
My wife and I had to support our own family.
when couples get married now they must have everything, Washing machines, fridges, Television DVD's
why should the taxpayer subsidise them

mike, cyprus,

Emily - This isn't connected with our government, it'd be something the Tories may consider. Our current government does nothing much to promote the traditional British family; if my wife stays at home and looks after our kids, she is considered a layabout and gets nothing, if however she puts our children into daycare and looks after other peoples kids as a registered childminder (which she is) she is considered by "New Labour" as a decent working British Citizen...

ch, Cumbria, uk

What's happened to equal rights? I look after our child whilst the wife works - can i not claim for being male? Sexism surely.

mark, dartford,

I worked fulltime for forty years and brought up a family with no help from the govrnment , now i am a pensioner i seem to be invisible when it comes to dishing out more money. We workers kept this country going after the war and now we are expendable .I agree that parents should finance their children not the state plus it will encourage large families and the world is over populated enough.

Sabina Hastings, Nottingham, Britain

Cameron is on the right track and we should soon see the end of this hopeless labour government. Hopefully, after the mess they have made of dear old England, they will never again get back into government.

D Case, Newquay,

That is more than carers of the sick and disabled get!! How much do largely unpaid carers save the country and yet no government ever considers helping them. It's always people with children. If you can't afford children - don't have them

JW, Boston, UK

Finally, a policy that is not means tested, and will redress the awful imbalance that affects parents (my wife in our case) who care more about our children than working to buy the latest and greatest 'stuff' by staying at home and doing what a mother should.

Dave, you are on the right track.

Tony Humphreys, Prestatyn, UK

IF PEOPLE WANT CHILDREN THEY CAN PAY FOR THEM THEMSELVES - HAVING CHILDREN IS NOT A RIGHT -
iI would love a new car - are they going to pay for it?
These families who breed to keep themselves on a meal ticket for life - if this goes ahead - they must be laughing!
Why is it that people expect the gov to fund their lifestyle choice?

Margaret, Bristol, UK

This is fantastic. I have 3 under 5's and I cant work because it would cost me more in childcare than I could earn. This is prove the government are understanding things at last!

Emily, weston-super-mare, weston-super-mare

Well thats one day of nursery fees nearly. Just the other four days to find now and at £58 per day which is the standard day rate for all nursery's in our area having kids in the UK aint cheap.

stuart, london, England

Mothers? Is it the Times being sexist or the Conservative party? Are fathers with children under three not to be given the same allowance?

Mike, plymouth, uk