Childcare voucher scheme: Plan 'will include parents who are carers'

The government wants to expand a new childcare tax credit scheme to include parents who stay at home because they are carers.

A 12-week consultation on the system - which was first announced in the March Budget - has begun.

Families with two working parents on less than £150,000 each would be able to claim up to £1,200 a year per child.

However, there has been an angry reaction from organisations representing stay at home mothers, some of whom feel "penalised" for not working.

Emma Simpson reports.