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A small majority of visitors to Community Care's website believe paying grandparents would not be the answer to the crisis in child care.

Fifty-seven per cent disagreed with the idea, which the government is considering after examining a scheme run by Nottinghamshire Council offering grandparents vouchers worth up to £25 per week.

Forty-three per cent said they believed the move could help ease the current pressures on child care.

This week's question asks: Do you think an increase in calls to the NSPCC's helpline justifies the shock tactics in its latest TV advertisement campaign?

To vote in the poll go to www.community-care.co.uk