Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare

A 28-year-old on universal credit describes feeling let down now she is a single mother and cannot find work around childcare

Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis
Schools

Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis

“Safety of children is paramount, but this concrete is an issue that has been known about for years, so why are the closures so last minute? Once again we’re going to see parents suffer,” warn Pregnant then Screwed

This is how much summer holiday childcare will set families back in the cost of living crisis
Summer holidays

This is how much summer holiday childcare will set families back in the cost of living crisis

Less than a quarter of local authorities have enough childcare options for kids whose parents are working, according to the new survey from Coram Family and Childcare

It’s time we made childcare about children, not just about work
Tom Pollard

It’s time we made childcare about children, not just about work

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’
real stories

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’

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Government’s £4bn childcare plan will ‘leave disadvantaged kids behind’, charities warn
Childcare

Government’s £4bn childcare plan will ‘leave disadvantaged kids behind’, charities warn

How to get free childcare, tax-free childcare and childcare vouchers to help with Easter holidays costs in 2023
Children

How to get free childcare, tax-free childcare and childcare vouchers to help with Easter holidays costs in 2023

Will Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back to work’ budget be on the money?
Spring statement

Will Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back to work’ budget be on the money?

5 reasons a four-day working week is the future, according to the largest ever trial
Four-day working week

5 reasons a four-day working week is the future, according to the largest ever trial

Spain is considering giving single parents double parental leave. Will the UK follow suit?
Global solutions

Spain is considering giving single parents double parental leave. Will the UK follow suit?

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
Flexible working

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working
Childcare crisis

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working

March of the Mummies: Why mums across the UK are protesting in Halloween fancy dress
Childcare crisis

March of the Mummies: Why mums across the UK are protesting in Halloween fancy dress

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis
Megan Jarvie

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest
Childcare

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest

Half of UK parents can’t afford childcare over the summer holidays
Childcare

Half of UK parents can’t afford childcare over the summer holidays

6 in 10 women say the cost of childcare was a reason they had an abortion
Childcare

6 in 10 women say the cost of childcare was a reason they had an abortion

‘We need to bust the myths that too often exist around children who wait longest to be adopted’
Mark Owers

‘We need to bust the myths that too often exist around children who wait longest to be adopted’

Rising childcare costs are limiting parents’ ability to work, says Labour
Employment

Rising childcare costs are limiting parents’ ability to work, says Labour

How London Early Years Foundation has supported children and families through the pandemic
Changemakers 2022

How London Early Years Foundation has supported children and families through the pandemic

The number of children awaiting adoption is double the number of adopters
Social Justice

The number of children awaiting adoption is double the number of adopters

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The free childcare offer is driving nurseries to closure, claims report
Social Justice

The free childcare offer is driving nurseries to closure, claims report

Jeremy Corbyn explains £5.3 billion cost of Labour’s childcare plan
Social Justice

Jeremy Corbyn explains £5.3 billion cost of Labour’s childcare plan