HARD-PRESSED parents are struggling to cope with soaring childcare costs during the summer holidays after Scottish councils slashed subsidies for their own schemes.
Local authority childcare fees have jumped by 22% over the past year, with an average weekly increase of £17.52 to £96.11.
The charity Daycare Trust, which costed holiday childcare, said many households also faced a lottery in finding and paying for appropriate care due to the reduction in council subsidies.
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