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One in five workers are putting parenthood plans on hold

Employees delay parenthood due to concerns over parental leave
One in five workers are putting parenthood plans on hold, as concerns about workplace parental leave entitlements add to fears over the cost of living and child...

The Learning Experience is "one of the most innovative brands in early childhood education"

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Early years teachers in 10 disadvantaged communities can start applying for £4,500 bonuses under Government plans to attract staff to nurseries.

Nursery teachers in these areas can start applying for £4,500 bonus

More than one in 10 parents have no one to support them.

It takes a village to raise a child but one in 10 parents have no one

A preschool age child plays with plastic building blocks. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Yorkshire parents are turning to flexible childcare - Claire Adams

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses outside 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

I always want my decisions to support Yorkshire - Rachel Reeves

Nearly 700,000 UK workers are now caught in the £100,000 tax trap, facing up to 60% effective tax (Photos: Pexels/Investing Insiders)

700,000 UK workers now hit by 60% tax trap - how to reduce your losses

The company has got the go ahead for its outdoor nursery (Pic: jatocreate/Pixabay)

Why government funded nursery places feel like booking a cheap flight

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Parents can now claim 30 funded childcare hours a week – how to apply

Seven out of 10 believe it’s easier for their male counterparts to continue playing as they get older

Only seven per cent of women play team sports, survey finds

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Nurtured Childcare rated by parents as one of the UK’s top nursery groups

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Sheffield nursery group sold to Nurtured Childcare group in deal financed by Oak...

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The Government is launching a free breakfast club trial at some schools in Yorkshire

Every Yorkshire school taking part in new free breakfast club pilot

The Government says the new guidance will help parents save cash by preventing 'overcharging on childcare'

How much you could save on free childcare - as new 'protections' added

Half term can be a stressful time for parents but it doesn't have to be.

The nine ways that parents can beat the stress this half term

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Storm Eowyn school closures - your rights for emergency time off work

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Your workers rights if your child's school closes due to the weather

Ad Feature Momcozy unveils revolutionary DinerPal High Chair

The 300 new nurseries in primary schools are just phase one of the government's plan (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Labour's plan for creating 300 new nurseries in just one year

The average British child will ask their parents for snacks at least 11 times per day over summer.

Kids' sugar intake soars by 40% during summer holidays
Kids will consume 40 per cent extra added sugar over the school summer holidays, according to research.
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Childcare costs have forced parents to reduce their working hours

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How to save on summer holidays - as 50% of parents struggle with costs

There's a lot of different support available for struggling families during the school holidays too (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Three kinds of help available for families during the summer holidays

An expert shares 8 top tips on how to get your kids to sleep this summer. (Photo: Tim Graham/Getty Images)

8 tips on how to get your kids to sleep during the summer

Actress Charlotte Riley plays with children at Warner Bros Studios at The WonderWorks, the first dedicated childcare facility at a UK film or TV studio (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

When free childcare will be extended to 30 hours - and how to apply

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

How to navigate your personal finances while bringing up children: Sarah Coles. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

How to navigate your finances while bringing up children: Sarah Coles

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan hold images of bees they created during a visit to the Busy Bees nursery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

60 days until landmark state-funded childcare places go live

Children aged two will recieve 15 hours of free childcare.

Breaking Free childcare scheme April roll out

Beckie Hart has her say.

Getting people back to work needs to be top priority for Government: Beckie Hart

Guy, Viki and Baby Leon, Landmatters Permaculture Community, Devon as the young couple talk about their journey to off grid living.

Couple quit rat race for a commune - and say they’d ‘never go back’
The pair now live in a wood cabin on 44 acres of land alongside seven other eco-conscious families.
Sophie Wills

Plans have been submitted to build a new early years children’s nursery at Minskip near Boroughbridge.

New children’s nursery planned near farm and shop in North Yorkshire

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds

Breaking Budget 2023: Free childcare for under 5s explained

Katy Hunter is pictured.

Cost of living crisis: Nursery fees ‘forcing women to quit their jobs’

Tongue of a child with scarlet fever - strawberry tongue.

Back to school advice as scarlet fever and Covid cases remain high

You are still able to form a childcare bubble during the lockdown (Shutterstock)

What is a childcare bubble and how do I form one?

Where does the law stand over children in care this Christmas?

Your legal rights over child access this Christmas – Ellie Hampson-Jones

Don’t miss the HMRC Self Assessment tax return deadline - everything you need to...

Most parents are still cautious about sending their child back to nursery. Pic: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Nurseries are at risk of collapse due to 'disgraceful' treatment from Government

Karen Simpkin, owner of Sunflower Children's Centre in Sheffield. Picture by Simon Hulme

Sheffield nursery owner helps expose ‘endemic’ £60m under-spending on pre-school...

Laura McClure has written about juggling a career with a band and bringing up two children.

Reverend and the Makers' Laura McClure on the challenges of being a 'mum on tour...

'Tax free childcare' can be worth thousands of pounds.

Martin Lewis: This is how you could claim thousands of pounds to help with child...

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Universal Credit childcare payments '˜stopping parents getting into work'

4.3m elderly people '˜at risk of not being cared for', says report

Underpaid and undervalued: the reality of childcare work in the UK

School holiday childcare costs parents nearly Â£3,500 every year

Purnima Tanaku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Free 30-hour childcare trial begins in York

Should there be greater flexibility over school holidays and term dates?

YP Letters: All-year-round schools fit for the 21st century

Ground breaking event at Kiln Park, Allerton Bywater. Picture: Shaun Flannery

Industrial scheme starts on site with majority space under offer

Baroness Haleh Afshar in the House of Lords

XX marks the spot

It costs £87,000 to raise a child to age 11

£87,000: Cost of raising a child to age 11

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Philip Booth: A Queen’s Speech wishlist to set us free to prosper

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Ryan Bourne: The folly of Labour’s interventionism

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Nick Clegg: Childcare will add up to a fairer society

FTracey Robbins says thousands are trapped on benefits with no way out

How the benefit safety net turned into the welfare trap

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400,000 families in poverty ‘have traditional breadwinner’

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls plays with three year old Connor Felton at the Roundabout Children's Centre in Brighton

Labour pledges free childcare for parents working part-time

George Osborne plays with Titas (centre) and Taylor (left), during a visit to a nursery in Hammersmith, London.

Childcare voucher scheme ‘is unfair to stay-at-home mums’

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