Can we cool it with the £100k childcare cliff-edge posts for a bit?

Look, I get it. The £100,000 income threshold for free childcare in the UK is annoying. It creates a pretty sharp drop-off in support for people earning just over that line, and yes, that can feel deeply unfair—especially if you have multiple children or live somewhere with high costs.

But can we acknowledge that this exact complaint gets posted here constantly? It’s basically a bingo square on any finance, UKPersonalFinance, or parenting subreddit. “We earn £101k and we’re worse off than people on £99k!” Yes, we've read that one. So has HMRC. So has every MP. So has half of Reddit.

We’re not saying your frustration isn’t valid—but if the goal is change, then rehashing the same gripe in another thread isn’t going to move the needle. It’s a systemic issue tied to how means testing works in this country, and unless someone has a new idea or a campaign to support, we're just spinning our wheels.

There are so many other important topics around family finances, benefits etc. we could be digging into—hell, even ideas to actually navigate the threshold better (which there is already a sub for) would be more productive than yet another "I'm being punished for doing well" post.

TL;DR: The £100k childcare threshold sucks. We know. You’re not alone. But unless there’s something new to add, maybe we give that horse a rest before it turns to glue?