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NI parents ‘rely more on family for childcare’ than those in Republic

Northern Ireland stakeholders expressed frustration over a lack of progress on childcare policy due to the collapse of the powersharing executive.

4 days ago

The two portacabins will cost £300,000 to be renovated.

Vital funding is essential for 'The Space' at Centrepoint to continue

Jersey's only after school club for children with additional needs could close without essential funding.

19 Jan

Liz Truss warns Rishi Sunak not to scrap her childcare reforms

Before her resignation, Liz Truss had been considering a range of reforms designed to ease the cost burden on parents.

4 Jan

Warning some families 'face 80% marginal tax rate' due to benefits collision

Soaring childcare costs 'preventing parents on Universal Credit from working'

After-school club closure leaves Jersey parents without childcare

Ministers warned proposals to relax childcare ratio will put children at risk

Real terms funding for 'free' childcare hours is plummeting, researchers warn

Hundreds take to the streets in Bristol over 'dire' childcare situation

The childcare costs delaying mothers having children

'Mummies' demand childcare reforms

'March of the Mummies': Parents take to streets to demand childcare reform

Children 'born into poverty' because parental leave not well paid enough

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The second mortgage: How childcare costs leave parents unable to afford to work

'They get paid more at supermarkets': Rising costs crush short-staffed nurseries