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Does your baby have a pension yet? If not, why not | Emma Beddington
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (690+ words) Parents are being encouraged to give kids their own "self-invested personal pension. But wheres the money coming from? Fifteen million of us arent saving enough for our own retirement Parents are rarely short of sources of crushing guilt and night-time…...
When profit is put above the welfare of vulnerable children in care | Letters
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (724+ words) Readers respond to an article by George Monbiot on the companies cashing in on unregulated children's homes in England Regarding George Monbiot's article (Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England's children in care, 5 June), several years…...
Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England's children in care | George Monbiot
1+ week, 3+ day ago (258+ words) Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes run by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They're handing out money faster than you can stuff it in a sack. All you need do…...
Lack of childcare support for parents in higher education | Letter
1+ week, 4+ day ago (249+ words) Roberta Leem-Bruggen says she was working full-time hours in NHS settings but was considered a "non-earner" and therefore not eligible for childcare support Jamie Evans" letter on childcare eligibility and the "nerd tax" (28 May) strongly resonated with me because I…...
Unfair childcare eligibility criteria and the "nerd tax" | Letters
2+ week, 3+ day ago (516+ words) Jamie Evans questions the exclusion that means his family will not be able to claim "8, 000 of support while his wife is a Ph D student The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, is right to order a Competition and Markets Authority review…...
A Britain where people cannot afford to raise children? We see that risk, and won't let it happen | Bridget Phillipson
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (482+ words) We are spending billions to help families with childcare, but I fear profiteers are denying them the full benefit. I'll put a stop to that Bridget Phillipson orders review of hidden childcare charges hitting parents Britain is facing a family…...
Bridget Phillipson orders review of hidden childcare charges hitting parents
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (531+ words) Education secretary asks UK watchdog to look into nursery practices, including non-refundable deposits and add-ons Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges amid concerns parents are being hit with extra charges, despite the…...
Tax-free childcare: up to "2, 000 a year is on offer " but claiming isn't easy
3+ week, 6+ day ago (940+ words) Many families struggle to understand how the system works and how it could affect any benefits they claim Any parent who has ever used the UK government's tax-free childcare system knows what a painful experience it is. Each month when…...
It took a village: becoming a solo parent taught me the true meaning of friendship
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (723+ words) As the pandemic emerged in 2020, Polly Dunbar experienced two seismic events: losing her mother and becoming a parent herself. Here, she thanks the friends who were there for her " and shares how the love and support she felt made her…...
Increasingly unsafe: Australias in-home childcare program under threat from rising costs, advocate warns
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (782+ words) The little-known publicly funded scheme is used by about 800 families with children who cannot access mainstream care Rebecca Mohr Bell, a cattle farmer and business owner, lives 100km south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory, and with three young children, has…...