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Childcare

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
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Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's time we made childcare about children, not just about work
Two girls play with wooden blocks in a childcare setting
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'
Si Mack performs his new show, kid, at BEAF Festival in Bournemouth.
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'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'

Government's £4bn childcare plan will 'leave disadvantaged kids behind', charities warn
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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
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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?
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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
Two mothers in witch costumes hold sign: 'The future won't raise itself'
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

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England
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Childcare

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis
A majority of the public also wants reforms to stop working parents being priced out of childcare. universal credit
Megan Jarvie

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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
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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 couldn't have predicted how his family would grow after embracing adoption. Courtesy of Mark Owers
Mark Owers

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