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the exemption to local restrictions for & #39;informal caring arrangements& #39; is a good thing - the total prohibition on sharing care outside households in lockdown 1 (for most, outside nuclear families) was a catastrophic misunderstanding of the way that caring communities function
but the definition of & #39;informality& #39; here is purely understood in economic terms: informality means & #39;unwaged& #39; childcare. these unwaged relationships still have to be & #39;consistent& #39; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/childcare-to-be-exempt-from-interhousehold-mixing-restrictions-in-local-areas-of-intervention?fbclid=IwAR3nPI3FUtCspGvVp8Abpyma8Q5JQ9ycuk0DKMYj3_paEy-eiNSaxHh1slA">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
while informal care is understood as unwaged, it is almost by definition something that must be taking place in order for the primary carer [usually here parent] to undertake waged work
![while informal care is understood as unwaged, it is almost by definition something that must be taking place in order for the primary carer [usually here parent] to undertake waged work](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EkMf-r3XYAAKIg4.png "while informal care is understood as unwaged, it is almost by definition something that must be taking place in order for the primary carer [usually here parent] to undertake waged work")
ad hoc forms of shared care, especially those that do not absent the primary carer to fulfil waged work ("such as a playdate") are explicitly prohibited
I& #39;m certainly not suggesting that everyone with caring responsibilities continues life as usual but... these exemptions reveal so much about the way that we conceptualise care work - singular, transferable, and valuable only in relationship to £ - that desperately needs unpacking
