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Parents of disabled children dissatisfied with summer childcare

Parents of disabled children dissatisfied with summer childcare

Nearly 70% of parents of disabled children are not satisfied with available summer childcare, according to research by Working Families. Plus other news.…

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Gina Ford: how to have a contented baby and toddler

Gina Ford: how to have a contented baby and toddler

Gina Ford's The Contented Little Baby Book became a bestseller, giving advice on childcare. She has now written a book about the fraught question of going from one child to two. Workingmums asked her about it.…

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Engineering flexible success

Engineering flexible success

Halcrow is unusual in the construction and engineering industry. Not only does it have an innovative policy on flexible working, but a large number of male employees work part time. Workingmums talks to group HR director Mandy Clarke.…

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Blast off into the summer

Blast off into the summer

Stuck for ideas of what to do with the kids in the summer? Workingmums has some suggestions.…

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Holiday childcare is "a postcode lottery"

Holiday childcare is "a postcode lottery"

A new survey by the Daycare Trust finds that the cost of holiday childcare in England has fallen by 1%, but prices still vary enormously depending on where you live.…

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