Spring Budget | 'Returnerships' and childcare aid among HR takeaways from Chancellor's red box

Improved childcare for working parents and ambitious return-to-work initiatives were among the HR takeaways from the Chancellor’s Spring Budget.

Jeremy Hunt outlined his fiscal plans for the nation in Parliament on Wednesday, March 15, with a heavy focus on reducing ‘economic inactivity’.

As part of his dispatch, Hunt outlined some major plans which will have a significant impact on employees and employers alike, including:

• Free childcare of 30 hours a week for working parents is being expanded to cover children from the age of nine months

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