Employers must stop penalising women for having children
Why extending redundancy protections for expectant mothers and new parents is long overdue.
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Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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I live with two children who are not my own and they are doing me the world of good
How sweet it is to enter into a world created by the contortions of child’s imagination, and to pretend the…
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The best children’s books of 2022
From magical picture books to thrilling young adult novels, courage and joy are in abundance.
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The government’s concession on childcare shows how much the issue matters to voters
Britain has one of the most expensive childcare systems in the world, with a full-time nursery place costing an average…
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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care
The murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is being…
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Don’t the Conservatives understand there is a childcare crisis?
If the Tories want growth, they need to acknowledge what is keeping so many women from working.
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The Online Safety Bill will set the foundation for future regulation
It's time to make this bill law and get on with the job of making online life safer.
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