Parents feel the heat as holiday childcare prices rise at well above the rate of inflation
Our Holiday Childcare 2018 finds rising childcare prices and a lack of availability, leaving...
Holiday Childcare Survey 2018
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Rapid rise in Welsh holiday childcare prices leaves parents hot and bothered
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by four per cent in Wales since last summer, bringing the...
Plateauing holiday childcare costs remain high for working parents
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by one per cent in Scotland since last summer, bringing the...
Rapid rise in holiday childcare prices leaves parents hot and bothered
18 July 2018
Holiday childcare costs have risen by four per cent in Britain since last summer
New childcare investment helping families - but high earning couples gain the most
23 April 2018
New evidence will be presented to Parliament today showing that single parents, and families...
Response to the Treasury Select Committee report
In response to the Treasury Select Committee report into childcare support, Ellen Broomé,...
New tool to help local authorities assess local childcare market
26 March 2018
The Family and Childcare Trust, supported by the Mayor of London, have developed a Childcare...
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