How the value of child benefit has plummeted
The welfare payment is now worth less than it was in 1999.
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Taxing the childless would be an insult, not a solution
A truly “pro-natal” society would ensure that having a child doesn’t mean career suicide and financial devastation.
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The question is not why the birth rate is falling – it’s why anyone has kids at all
Since 2007 the country has rolled from crisis to crisis. Anyone under 35 has never known the good times.
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Seventy per cent of British voters say the cost of childcare keeps mothers at home
Exclusive poll: the number of mothers leaving the workforce is rising, as 60 per cent of the public deem childcare…
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Women aren’t choosing to be stay-at-home mothers – they’re forced
Huge childcare costs mean that however many years of graft you’ve put into your work you must pick: your career…
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Don’t buy into scaremongering around increasing nursery ratios
Nordic countries show less red tape means better and cheaper childcare.
ByElection 2010: Party promises | Families and children
What Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are promising for families and children.
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