The charities want to find out what effect the increasing cost of childcare is having on families, and whether the cost has become too high for it to be worthwhile for poor families to work.
The survey, to be sent out to 70,000 parents across Britain, follows research published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in April which showed that Britain has the most expensive childcare costs in the world, accounting for 28 per cent of average net income for a household with two earners, compared with the OECD average of 13 per cent.
The average cost of a full-time nursery place for a child under two is £177 per week in Britain
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