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Further 54,000 families to be dragged into paying child benefit charge
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (524+ words) By ANGHARAD CARRICK, BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Tens of thousands more families will have to pay back some or all of their'child benefit'by 2030, thanks to frozen tax thresholds. An additional 54,000 families will pay what is known as the high-income child benefit…...
Family seek £160K tutor for three under-eights during epic Europe trip
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (599+ words) By ELEANOR HARDING, EDUCATION EDITOR It comes after the same agency captured the public imagination with an advert calling for a "180,000-a-year tutor to help a one-year-old become an 'English gentleman' destined for 'Eton or Harrow'. In the latest case,…...
The key childcare changes every Australian parent needs to know about that came into force this week
4+ week, 2+ day ago (294+ words) By GRACE CRIVELLARO FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Australian parents will receive a guaranteed minimum of three days of subsidised child care a week, regardless of how much they work or study. The 'three-day guarantee', first announced a year ago by…...
Video that exposed massive Somali daycare scandal in Minnesota... and Trump's blistering response
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (98+ words) By SOPHIE GABLE, US REPORTER A viral YouTube video alleging a billion-dollar fraud scandal in Minnesota sparked a nationwide political firestorm. The claims first gained traction on December 26, 2025, when YouTuber Nick Shirley published an investigation alleging that Somali-run childcare centers…...
'Truth nuke' explodes on CNN as Somali daycare scandal sparks GOP demand for total migrant shutdown
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (973+ words) By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR The scandal over Somali immigrants defrauding the state of Minnesota will not go away until someone in power has been locked up, a political strategist has warned. Republican firebrand Representative Anna Paulina Luna has gone…...
The rise of the baby roomers: Why I moved my young family in with mum
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (856+ words) By HARVEY DORSET, REPORTER, THIS IS MONEY 'Being a parent is wonderful, but the costs can be overwhelming,' says 25-year-old Chloe Crichton from Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire." 'We were scraping by. We couldn't even afford a food shop.' In 2021, Chloe's partner…...
Parents say childcare costs mean they'd be better off not working
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1803+ words) Families across the country say Labour is failing Britain because it is impossible to find a job - and there's no incentive to keep one." Parents with young children are finding it more beneficial to stay at home and claim benefits…...
Parents are wasting toddlers' 'magic years' because they work too much
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (725+ words) By ELEANOR HARDING, EDUCATION EDITOR She pointed out that Nordic countries see 'economic value' in parents spending time with their children and support this via their tax systems. Professor Lloyd is a former Government advisor who was awarded an honorary…...
I realised something shocking about my daughter's Saturday job money
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (958+ words) Anyone who witnessed my joyous reaction when hearing my daughter had bagged her first job would have assumed it was I who got the gig. The call from my 16-year-old telling me, 'I've got it mum,' had followed a summer…...
The truth about motherhood will horrify feminists
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1835+ words) By MARIA OKANRENDE, LIFESTYLE REPORTER Is it possible in 2025 to balance a high-flying career and a beautiful brood of two or three children? It certainly should be - the current Government claims to have made it easier than ever for mothers…...