Budget bollocks

I don't like this idea of helping people with childcare costs.
There are many things I don't agree with the current government on, but none more so than "Being at work is more important than looking after your children." As a parent now, I don't see how there is anything more precious and powerful on Earth than the bond between children and their parents, and I'd like to spend MORE time with my offspring if possible, not less. And I love the fact that Philippa is at home with them all the time. It would be horrendous to be paying someone to look after my sons, so that my wife could be away from them, just to earn a few quid. That just seems insane to me, and yet it seems to be the accepted policy at the moment; the preferred option.
I don't pay much attention to political stuff, as you know, but I've picked up a few bits about yesterday's budget from having the radio on at work and hearing my colleagues talk about it. So let's just see if I've got this right:
The most celebrated part of Jeremy Hunt's announcement is the fact that adults can be given money to give to someone else to look after their children so they can go to work when they could have been away from work to look after their children...
And this is being celebrated?
What the F**k are we doing??????

RC 16-3-23