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Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29 File photo dated 24/01/2016 of a preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks. Working parents of toddlers are being encouraged to register to access 15 hours of free childcare per week in the new year. Issue date: Wednesday November 29, 2023. PA Photo. Applications open on January 2 for the first wave of the rollout of reforms expanding the amount of free childcare, the Department for Education said. A childminder start-up grant - ?600 for those who register with Ofsted and ?1,200 for those who register with a childminder agency - will also launch on Thursday. See PA story POLITICS Childcare. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
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Warning over looming childcare 'crisis' as 10,000 providers lost since 2018

There has been a 15% drop in the number of providers since 2018, with the total falling by 10,300

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'I answered emails an hour before my C-section': Working mothers priced out of maternity leave

Article thumbnail: Young long haired woman in red and white striped sweater working and study online on laptop and look after little baby in white bedroom
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‘I thought childcare would be easier once my son started school, but wraparound care is broken'

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Government pledges £100m to fund childcare places

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 12/09/2018 of models of men and women on a pile of coins and bank notes. Millions of households across the UK will receive a ?301 payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between April 25 and May 17. It is the first of three payments, totalling up to ?900, for those eligible and on means-tested benefits, such as universal credit or pension credit, in 2023/24. Issue date: Monday March 27, 2023. PA Photo. There will also be further payments worth ?150 for eligible people with disabilities and ?300 for pensioners due later this year, meaning some people will receive up to ?1,350 in direct payments. See PA story MONEY Payments. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 12/09/2018 of models of men and women on a pile of coins and bank notes. Millions of households across the UK will receive a ?301 payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between April 25 and May 17. It is the first of three payments, totalling up to ?900, for those eligible and on means-tested benefits, such as universal credit or pension credit, in 2023/24. Issue date: Monday March 27, 2023. PA Photo. There will also be further payments worth ?150 for eligible people with disabilities and ?300 for pensioners due later this year, meaning some people will receive up to ?1,350 in direct payments. See PA story MONEY Payments. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Single mother Nancy Kett, 19, cradles her 11-month-old daughter Lucy in the playroom of the "Jule" facility for single parents in Marzahn-Hellersdorf district on October 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The Jule project helps single parents by helping them to find jobs, job training and housing, advice on child development and day care in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, a district in east Berlin with high levels of unemployment and social problems. Currently 14 single mothers and one single father are participaring at Jule, which opened its doors in the spring of 2012. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 05: Single mother Nancy Kett, 19, cradles her 11-month-old daughter Lucy in the playroom of the "Jule" facility for single parents in Marzahn-Hellersdorf district on October 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The Jule project helps single parents by helping them to find jobs, job training and housing, advice on child development and day care in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, a district in east Berlin with high levels of unemployment and social problems. Currently 14 single mothers and one single father are participaring at Jule, which opened its doors in the spring of 2012. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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