UK’s Working Parents Face a Crisis of Child Care This Summer

Britain’s government is desperately trying to convince working parents of young children to rejoin the workforce by making child care more affordable. Yet one problem that’s overlooked: Those with older children have few options for support while schools are shut for the summer.

Fewer than a quarter of local authorities have enough availability for holiday childcare for parents working full-time, according to new data from children’s charity Coram released Tuesday.

Those lucky enough to find somewhere to send their children are finding that it’s not cheap. The average cost of holiday care for a school-aged child over the six weeks ...