The two-child benefit cap makes the future a luxury
Labour should scrap the welfare limit as a first step to a more family-friendly tax system.
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Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?
The Labour leader is supporting a policy that he previously declared should be scrapped.
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I turn 60 and my children tease me – until they are reminded that they, too, are ageing
I may have a grey beard, but the wingèd chariot dawdles no more for them than it does for me.
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Why adults should put their phones away
Also this week: nourishing our children and the social media con.
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The long-term impact of school closures on children is lockdown’s unspoken horror
Teachers reported children starting school while still in nappies and lacking basic language skills.
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The deadly cost of nimbyism
How many children’s lives are their unearned capital gains worth?
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How did parenthood become an unaffordable luxury?
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and family might.
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Skinny jeans, plastics, stress: what’s behind the decline in male fertility?
Why scientists are increasingly concerned about sperm.
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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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The brutality of ballet
Alice Robb’s Don’t Think Dear reveals how the elite world of dance exerts a terrible physical and mental toll.
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The hidden danger of asbestos in UK schools
The carcinogenic substance is estimated to be present on the estates of as much as 81 per cent of English…
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Rachel de Souza: “Big Tech knows it harms children – it should get serious”
The children’s commissioner on social media, porn and the mental health crisis in schools.
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This government doesn’t have a clue about grooming gangs
It’s raising expectations about a system that will end up failing young girls.
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Eastern Ukraine’s surging healthcare crisis
Doctors and NGOs near the war’s front lines report that a physical and mental health disaster is looming.
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Why reforming Ofsted isn’t as simple as it sounds
The inspection body is flawed – but we forget about the anarchy of schools before its creation and the kids…
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The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and motherhood might.
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Why I hate Mother’s Day
On no other day of the year are mums placed under so much pressure to behave “like a mum”. And…
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“It’s not a solution”: Stella Creasy on the government’s childcare reform
The Labour MP for Walthamstow on why Jeremy Hunt’s pledges don’t add up – and why childcare is no “women’s…
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“It’s half thought-out”: Childcare sector leaders on Jeremy Hunt’s reforms
Worries persist over whether the Chancellor has pledged enough funding in the Budget to bolster providers.
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Children’s mental health services are a postcode lottery
Nearly a third of young people are not receiving treatment when referred – the government must take action.
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