Free childcare 'would pay for itself'
Childcare costs are a barrier to women returning to work and providing free childcare would pay for itself, according to think tank the IPPR.…
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Universal credit 'will put a lid on aspiration'
Second earners and some single parents may be worse off under the Government's new Universal Credit's childcare provisions, according to an analysis by the Resolution Foundation and single parents charity Gingerbread.
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Government fleshes out free places for two year olds
Around 140,000 two year olds from low income families could qualify for 15 hours of free nursery education from 2013.
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Campaigners complain over Care to Learn proposals
Childcare campaign groups have written to the Education Secretary over fears that the Government may axe a scheme aimed at helping teenage mothers in education and training pay for childcare.
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Women's rights under "unprecedented attack"
The Fawcett Society, backed by a coalition of more than 20 charities, unions and academics, is calling for the rolling back tax credit cuts to low paid women and ringfencing of funding for Sure Start centres in a new report.
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