Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party would increase tax breaks for parents through the tax-free childcare scheme.
The UK government programme allows parents to set up an account which both they and the government pay into, to help cover childcare costs.
Under Scottish Labour’s plans, for every £80 parents pay in they would get £20 from the UK government and £10 from the Scottish government.
Sarwar said this would deliver an extra top up per child of £1,000 a year, or an extra £2,000 for disabled children.
His party also announced plans to provide two free weeks of summer holiday clubs for all children aged from 5 to 11.
Sarwar said the policies – which he insisted were affordable – would “transform both the cost-of-living crisis, family budgets, but also help more women get into work”.
