Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report
Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just...
Politicians, think-tanks, parents and those in the early years sector all want their say on how childcare can be made more affordable. Follow the story here as the Childcare Commission prepares to release its recommendations.
Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just...
Working parents on lower incomes are being forced into debt, have had to reduce their hours or quit...
Analysis by Labour of official DfE figures has found that the average cost of an hour of childcare...
Parents spend on average a third of their hourly wage on childcare in England, according to research...
Three-quarters of mothers who pay for childcare say that it does not make financial sense for them...
Childcare costs for a child under two are now more than two-thirds of one parent’s take-home pay in...
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has signalled the Government's intention to focus on bringing forward...
Education unions, sector organisations, and children's charities have been reacting to the...
The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work...
A union body is calling for universal free childcare as nursery bills ‘skyrocket’ to over £1,000 a...
Six in 10 women who have had an abortion say childcare costs influenced their decision, reveals new...
Boris Johnson has said he plans to cut childcare costs by making it easier to become a childminder.
Dr Sally Pearse of Sheffield Hallam University warns that the plans to change adult to child ratios...
Sector organisations and nurseries have roundly criticised Boris Johnson’s plans to change the rules...
Women are making ‘disproportional’ sacrifices in their careers because of the 23 billion hours of...
Sector organisations, nursery owners, childcarers and experts have vowed to oppose any attempts from...
The cost of childcare has forced 16 per cent of parents on low incomes to use a food bank, reveals...
There will be no independent review into the childcare funding system, children’s minister Vicky...
Findings from a Mumsnet survey reveal that the cost of childcare is 'causing a huge problem for...
According to Coram Family and Childcare’s annual survey, summer holiday places are more expensive...
The Government has said it has no plans to review early years funding, in response to a...
Labour is launching a programme of early years events, as part of what it is calling ‘a big...
Parents in Britain are paying 4 per cent more overall for childcare than last year, according to the...
A dad has won a landmark ruling over nursery top-up fees for funded places that could have wider...
New data from the Treasury shows that there is £1.7 billion in unspent funding for Tax-Free...
A ‘perfect storm’ of rising childcare costs and thousands of providers at risk of closure due to a...
Over a third of mothers who go back to work only just break even or make a financial loss due to the...
Thousands of single mothers are being forced into debt by flawed universal credit childcare rules,...
Opinion is divided on the future of childcare entitlements, according to the results of a survey by...
In the wake of the Conservatives’ landslide election victory, we look at what the future holds for...
New research which shows that nearly a fifth of parents have had to leave their job because of the...
The Government is planning to introduce paid neonatal leave for working parents of premature babies.
The pressures of Brexit have seen a rise in the cost of UK nannies, according to research.
More than 80 per cent of parents say they are worse off since childcare vouchers were closed to new...
Working parents face a holiday childcare bill of more than £800 over the school summer holidays,...
There is an obvious solution to help parents struggling with childcare costs under Universal Credit,...
Parents say they are being pushed into debt or having to turn down work due to childcare costs...
A new DfE report on providers’ finances shows that the hourly fee charged by settings for three- and...
Coram Family and Childcare has called on the Government to do more to help parents access childcare,...
Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay...
The children’s minister has sought to reassure MPs that the Department for Education is looking into...
The TUC is calling for subsidised childcare from the end of maternity leave, as research reveals...
The cost of childcare for the youngest children has risen four times faster than wages since 2008,...
We know the 30 hours represents a significant saving for some parents, but is this the case for all?...
Early education spending in the UK relies more heavily on private funding than in most other...
Parents should continue to have the option of using childcare vouchers, say campaigners, who are...
Research carried out for a DfE review into the costs of childcare has finally been published a year...
The Pre-school Learning Alliance says the DfE must now publish research on childcare delivery costs,...