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Petition update, 20 October 2009, while petition was still open

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Gordon Brown today announced plans to scrap the childcare voucher scheme, stating too many higher rate tax payers benefit from it. He plans to replace it with 10 hours' free childcare for 2-year olds - which is OK if you have a 2-year old... The UK lags behind the rest of Europe when it comes to helping working parents and this move would be a further step backwards. Penalising working families to help other families go back to work makes no sense at all. If you're a working parent finding it hard enough with childcare vouchers, let alone without, please let Gordon Brown know that you do not agree with his plans by signing this petition.

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• James Parkes
• Paul Collacott
• Loraine Smith
• Tessa Lee
• John Lewis
• Sarah Cronshaw
• Siva Vasanthan
• Deborah Vasanthan
• Jennifer Francis
• Claire Woodhouse
• T Gowripalann
• Umasunthar
• Sonia Kay
• laura oakley
• Colette Hagan
• Vrinda Kartha
• Matthew Male
• philip carvell
• Elizabeth Davison
• oliver wade
• S J Clark
• Michelle Yeung
• Ciara Heymann
• Louise Forbes
• Martin Dobson
• R D Warhurst
• Mark Leather
• Sarah Highland
• LI LI
• Michelle Elston
• Marie Christian
• Mark Meller
• Emma Hyde
• paul elliott
• Imam Baig
• Elena Smirnova
• Shabs Ahmed-Holloway
• Ben Woodfield
• Eugene Barbaneagra
• Slawomir Poreda
• Claire Bidwell
• tracey martin
• Carol Conner
• Dr Sunita Agarwal
• Sharon Griffiths
• Philip James Hunter
• jade lodge
• Jane Mair
• Greg Bush
• Lindsay Simpson
• Rosemary Stace
• Claire Berry
• Matthew Hunt
• lorraine thompson
• matthew weaver
• Rob Deane
• Ronen Goodfriend
• Derick J Jones
• Tania Harwood
• Jane Wyborn
• Steve Wyborn
• Christine Green
• Norman Green
• Martin Green
• joanna askey
• Amie glorieux
• Sam Walters
• Holly Edgington
• Gayle Watson
• Paul Britton
• Lesley Thompson
• Stephanie Pritchett
• Christopher Pritchett
• Anna Nightingale
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• Natasha Amponsah
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• Ross Polkinghorne
• Paul Dring
• Hayley Whitten
• Isabel De Almeida
• Guy Jervis
• Georgia Mullen
• Louise Wood
• sarah fitzer
• Kate Johnson
• Hayley Oxborough
• Jayne Robertson
• Sally Abrahams
• Jonathan Gent
• Emma Milgate
• Maria Bisotto
• Tracey Richardson
• Kara Young
• Sarabjit Gakhal
• Catherine McCotter
• Graham Shears
• Laura Vesty
• Emma Ashworth
• Hazel Vollam
• Sarah Thorn
• Grace Richards
• Darrelle Tomlinson
• susan smith
• Ollie Capper
• Mathew Thouless
• yvonne lyon
• LYNDSEY JANE BOBADILLA
• jonathan stromberg
• Graeme Kite
• Scott Johnson
• George Christian
• stuart mcmullan
• mandy sherliker
• Lauren Steventon
• John Williams
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• Russell Wynn
• Emma Gardner
• Tracey Saxey
• Emma jane liddon
• Keren Clement
• Mike Carter
• Chris Giltnane
• Nika Davies (+ bump)
• Claire Ford
• Kevin Gordon
• Angela Maher
• Fiona Moss
• L Allan
• Shahie Ali
• anne walsh
• Julie Cousens
• Corinne Brown
• Toby Mathews
• samantha Jinks
• Joanne Blackham
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• nikki rogers
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• Helen
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• Iain Phillips
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• Andrea Della-Torre
• Lisa Jay
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• Shamus Ullah
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• Karina Hall
• A Bisasur
• SIMONE STIRLING
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• Ian Noble
• Daniel Moore
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• Shirley Clark
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• Nick Lee
• David Hardy
• Martin Lambert
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• Carl Coughlan
• Alberto Prandini
• B Varghese
• Helen Claire Hinson
• Jason Hinson
• Richard Palmer
• Venkata Padala
• leanne castle
• Hayley Easter
• Katy Edgar
• Alexander Reid
• Karen Reid
• Hayley Latimer
• Louis McLaughlan
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• Danielle House
• stacey Noble
• Jayne Brassington
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• Julie bach
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• Maria Whatton
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• Andrew Farquhar
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• Angela Baker
• C Barber
• Chris price
• Andrea McCarthy
• Sonia Priestley
• Hazel June Roberts
• Michael Luke Brigden
• Steven Bellamy
• erin lane
• Anne Wright
• KIRSTY STEADMAN
• sarah mawdsley
• Katarzyna Krishan
• Daniel Murfin
• Amy Deacon
• Mark Larwood
• Laura Tidyman
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• James Scott
• Christopher Reid
• Sumi Olson
• Byron Kuiter
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• Liz Griffiths
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• Lynne Adams
• Joss MacDonald
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• Omar Mayet
• Nicole Johns
• Elaine Green
• maria slevin
• Tracy Fisher
• Alex Lalvani
• Chris Milsted
• Andrew Stewart
• Rachel Taylor
• Maria Ashworth
• Jane Teasdale
• Johnathon Brock
• montserrat robinson
• Nicola Hornsby
• Benjamin Eynon
• Wayne Bradbury
• tara mellor
• Kirsty Smith
• Gregory Griffin
• Valentina Herrero
• Abilash Parameswaran Nair
• Richard Porter
• Craig Mace
• Mrs Yvonne Keay
• Amy Bryant
• Mike Winkley
• Paula Mills
• Chris Giles
• RICHARD CAUNCE
• HAYLEY CAUNCE
• Richard Benson
• daniel hagedorn
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• Pauline Murphy
• Catherine Isbell
• KAY SMITH
• Sandy Sims
• Nerys Griffiths
• Angela Henthorn
• Louise Simmons
• Joan OHare
• Fiona Burke
• Philip Kestle

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