Families risk being left behind by rising childcare costs
Finding affordable childcare remains an uphill struggle. The Childcare Survey 2019 finds that...
Childcare Survey 2019
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Many parents in the UK are frozen out of work by the high cost and low availability of childcare. We need to make childcare work for all of us.
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Families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Parents now pay an average of £127 per week, or over £6,600 per year, for just a part time...
Welsh families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Welsh parents now pay an average of £117 per week, or over £6,000 per year, for just a part...
Scottish families face rising tide of childcare costs as prices rise again
28 February 2019
Scottish parents now pay an average of £111 per week, or almost £5,800 per year, for just a...
Four in five older people at risk of struggle to find social care
13 December 2018
4.3 million people aged 75 or over are living in areas without enough care, research from...
Workers at risk of losing income to manage caring responsibilities – and women bearing heaviest burden
19 September 2018
Parents and people with caring responsibilities need better support to help them to stay in...
Response to Damian Hind's speech on social mobility
31st July 2018
In response to the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hind’s, speech on social mobility...
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