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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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• Stefano pardi
• Rosaleen Macfadyen
• Sam Groves
• Joanne Newbould
• Stephanie Arnold
• JANICE THOMPSON
• Paulo Matos
• Latoya Labor
• Jennifer Sorge
• austin toone
• Philip Lee
• Helen Lee
• Ann Dyte
• Sam Lawrie
• sumaira nazir
• Martin Broadbent
• Martyn Dodd
• Harriet Westwater
• Charles Stanbury
• Catherine Alexander
• Lorna Mein
• Jennifer Taylor
• Alisa Gooderham
• Julie Campbell
• Ben Pitts
• Kirsty Knowlson
• Sharon Kerr
• Maxine Hertlein
• David Blee
• Sarah Bayless
• Rosa Foster
• Linda Reiling
• MRS ROBERTSON
• Lorraine Clover
• Tina Leonard
• Rhona J McInnes
• Suzanne Heath
• lucinda button
• Simeon bird
• simon kaplan
• Charlotte Victoria Barker
• Imogen Hall
• Simon Gillespie
• Gordon Cameron
• Andrew Done
• Linda Bathurst
• Patrick Highland
• helen owens-bray
• Neil Wade
• Mark Jepson
• Turab Ali
• Sharon Baldwin
• Rebeca Aldridge
• Sarah Brown
• Sarah Irwin
• Sarah Johnson
• Alison Shaw
• Mina Harry
• Sharon Rankin
• Barry Duff
• Paula Clark
• Sergi Costafreda Gonzalez
• Inderjit Singh
• Barbara Costigan
• Andrew Flood
• Laura Gowing
• Letitia Perry
• Vladimiro Viola
• Hilary Treavis
• Jin Y Ooi
• Stephen Drake
• Katy Chambers
• Derek Shields
• Emma Wrigley
• j sweeting
• Daniela Garner
• andrew evans
• Karen Dix
• Neil Cooper
• Alison Seys
• Glenn Welland
• Julian Veling
• Karen M Storms
• Jonathan Hanson
• Rebecca Hannam
• David Stton
• Shiona Watson
• Dr Bryne Ngwenya
• Alison Hayes
• Melanie Quinn
• Clare Grainger
• julia cooper
• Nicholas Bradley
• Andrew Wilkinson
• Caroline Dickins
• Kathryn Jayne Littlewood
• Louise Muir
• C Morris
• SYLVEN VEERASOO
• Emma Perkins
• Philip McMahon
• Alan Slade
• Neil Sowler
• Karen Bureau
• Emma Mavin
• Victoria Torraca
• G Conlin
• Ann Gow
• Oliver Jacobs
• Mark Lloyd Davies
• IAN DOBBIE
• Neil Hudson
• Simon Merriott
• Graeme McDonald
• Charlie Hutcheson
• Eileen Spittle
• Gill Maddy
• Dave Crittenden
• L Kitchin
• Michael Davis
• Karen Witney
• Tammy Cooper
• Chanttelle Blake
• Neil Hanchett
• Liz Riach
• Tessa Darbourne
• fred fulcher
• Erica Doherty
• s asquith
• Daniel Williams
• Rob White
• sandhya Pai
• Robert Wells
• Namita Kamath
• susan anthony
• sarah taylor
• Tracey Walker
• Louise Graham
• nicola maguire
• Denise Bowman
• Mandy Gentleman
• Lucy Wordsworth
• Jean Norburn
• Lindsay Karakiozakis
• Gulay Arici
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• Andrew Allen
• Liz Dollin
• Anne Price
• Elspeth Wedgwood
• Lisa Harrison
• Ian Dagg
• David Covell
• Dr Serab Ozdural
• Julia Hepner
• natasha mustra-wood
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• steve
• Lorna Care
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• Leigh Taylor
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• Chloe Robertson
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• Lisa Connolly
• Kevin Moss
• Linda Fox
• Jonathan Wilson
• N Thompson
• Michelle Archer
• Rajwant Soor
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• Jude saunders
• Antonia Watts
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• Gina Marandola
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• Nicola Watkins
• alison charlesworth
• Sally Holland
• Alice Stuart
• Chris Fairless
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• Alison Denton
• michelle kinsella
• Andrew Langford
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• Adelle Smith
• Elaine Monaghan
• Colin Parkes
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• Tristan Allison
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• d gibbs
• sarah steadman
• Natasha Bleach
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• Suzy Jirh
• Nicky Ward
• Fiona Hull
• John Glennie
• Michael Cuurie
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• Geraldine Massey
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• Mrs Linda Owen
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• Deborah Hurrell
• Melanie Janz
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• Martin Waller
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• Dan Smedley
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• Louise Engels
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• kantinu davies
• Matthew Rose
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• Rebecca Adey
• Emma Morris
• Julie Black
• Andrew Doe
• Andrew Grant
• Michelle Rich
• Aileen Curr
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• Faye Smith
• James Towers
• William Lansdowne
• Ellen Roels
• Karlien Porre
• Chetan Patel
• Chetan Patel
• Chetan Patel
• Alan Mackenzie-Wintle
• Gareth Evans
• Jayne Griffiths
• CLAIRE WRIGHT
• Dan Wright
• diane hennigan
• Maureen Miller
• helen fitzhenry
• Cara Davidson
• Jennifer Chumley
• xen hasan
• Mrs L Perry
• Geoffrey Coan
• Andrew Beswick
• Paul Tremeer
• Jeremy Bennett
• Lisa Wells
• James Parkes
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• Loraine Smith
• Tessa Lee
• John Lewis
• Sarah Cronshaw
• Siva Vasanthan
• Deborah Vasanthan
• Jennifer Francis
• Claire Woodhouse
• T Gowripalann
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• 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
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• Sarah Highland
• LI LI
• Michelle Elston
• Marie Christian
• Mark Meller
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• paul elliott
• Imam Baig
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• Eugene Barbaneagra
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• tracey martin
• Carol Conner
• Dr Sunita Agarwal
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• Philip James Hunter
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• Jane Wyborn
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• Gayle Watson
• Paul Britton
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• Stephanie Pritchett
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• Anna Nightingale
• James Phillips
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• Marc Kuzak
• 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
• Kara Young
• Catherine McCotter
• Graham Shears
• Laura Vesty
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• 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
• Louise Morris
• Russell Wynn
• Emma Gardner
• 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
• Megan Fielding
• nikki rogers
• Sarah Powell
• margaret mullally
• Rachel Sayers
• Pete Latham
• Kirsty Thatcher
• Dmitry Ilchenko
• Lindsey Brockhurst
• Louise Gough
• Kayleigh Cresswell
• Allison Jane Holley
• helen obrien
• Sandra Reeks
• Andy Harvey
• James Bush
• Laurence Wright
• Margaret Gallen
• Costas Tsakirides
• Michelle Lindup
• Sarah Barnes
• Alex Croft
• Brigitta Mervyn-Thomas
• Brian Boyle
• Carrie Raybould
• Louise Jenkins
• G Bathurst
• John Middleton
• Lucinda Thornton
• Hazel Wright
• D Pryce
• Tania Jones
• Alex Thompson
• Altin Osmanaj
• Rob McBain
• Giles Thurston
• LIZ COCKER
• Maureen Ann Morgans
• Alison Buss
• Laurence Lockton
• Donna Stones
• Catrina Brooks
• Jon Harvey
• Anita McCarthy
• CLAIRE BAILEY
• Robert Lea Grenham Cook
• Charlotte Phillips
• Daniel Bond
• matthaus woolard
• David Smith
• Carol Weston
• Hannah Candlin
• Edward Bird
• Jordan Rivera
• marie-helene kite
• amanda roberts
• Melanie Knibb
• On Man
• anne mcteer
• Emma Brides
• Lisa Furlonger
• Nigel Bosworth
• Camilla Poncia
• Ruth Long
• Peter Messent
• Krishna Valluri
• Samata Valluri
• Yoseph Mebrate
• raymond carrell
• Wendy Bayliss
• Mr. I. Jacobs
• Angelique Fairbrass
• Joanne Robinson
• Mari-Claire Heard
• Simeon Ventrice
• Phili Denning
• Marija Ruggiero
• Bob Bond
• Eugene Mitchell
• Rochelle Gully
• Jacqui Flitney
• Helen Ward
• Janine Hatfield
• Myfanwy Neville

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