The deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant uncertainties” and may struggle to meet its own targets,…
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Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid less
No, it’s not a delayed April fool: putting in a request to have your wages cut may actually result in you being better-off at the…
View More Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid less‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financially
An annual gross income of £74,000 puts Scott, 28, a software engineer from Leicestershire, in the top 10% of earners nationally. But, he says, it…
View More ‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financiallyGender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’
UK women aged 40 and older will not experience the closure of the gender pay gap until after they reach state pension age, according to…
View More Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’Staff exodus could hinder expansion of free childcare in England, providers say
A mass exodus of childminders and nursery staff risks scuppering the government’s flagship new funding for parents of young children in England, according to a…
View More Staff exodus could hinder expansion of free childcare in England, providers sayWorking mothers in UK twice as likely as fathers to consider quitting job over childcare costs
Almost twice as many working mothers as fathers have considered leaving their jobs because of the burden of childcare, research reveals. A survey of 3,000…
View More Working mothers in UK twice as likely as fathers to consider quitting job over childcare costsDoes your 12 year old have a pension yet? The best financial advice for every stage of your child’s life
For many families, the financial pressure caused by the cost of living crisis means it is hard to manage the daily expense of rearing children,…
View More Does your 12 year old have a pension yet? The best financial advice for every stage of your child’s life‘It feels unfair’: the UK childminders being refused permission to start businesses
Claire, 36, always dreamed of setting up a childminding business in her home, so this year she applied for training through a company called Tiney.…
View More ‘It feels unfair’: the UK childminders being refused permission to start businessesOne in three parents of under-fives struggling to afford childcare in England
A third of parents with young children in England say they are struggling to afford childcare, the highest number in almost a decade, according to…
View More One in three parents of under-fives struggling to afford childcare in England‘It’s cheaper to not work’: childcare shortage in England puts strain on parents
“Before I even went to my first scan, my unborn baby’s name was down on a nursery waiting list,” says Laura Williams, 31. This was…
View More ‘It’s cheaper to not work’: childcare shortage in England puts strain on parents