All news on the topic: Childcare

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is reportedly plotting moves to encourage stay-at-home mums to return to the office, including an advertising blitz and a letter writing campaign

Jen Miller, 35, says she feels 'overwhelmed' without the nanny and argues household management is a full-time job

Woodbank Primary School in Bury, Greater Manchester, has warned parents will be fined £5 for every half an hour they are late picking up youngsters after school because it disrupts meetings and activities

A woman has taken to Reddit to share how she walked out of her new job after spending just 60 minutes in the building as she already knew she wouldn't be happy there

Confederation of British Industry director general Tony Danker will warn in a speech today that parents are being forced to limit the hours they work because affordable childcare is not available

The CPS said it is considering whether to appeal the decision which cleared Radical Haslam, 29, of Salford and Ruth Wood, 52, of Cambridge of harassing IDS with threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour

Rishi Sunak announced £2.1billion of levelling up funding last week to much fanfare but received a furious backlash from local authorities which did not get any

In her brief spell as PM Ms Truss wanted to extend the support for three and four year olds from 30 hours to 50 hours a week

The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas

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Wayne says going to food bank in Thurrock, Essex, for the first time since was a hard pill to swallow as he felt "embarrassed" the family were "not putting stuff in, we were taking from it"

Teachers are set to strike in February as the National Education Union chiefs is set to announce results of a ballot for industrial action on Monday - despite NASUWT failing to meet the threshold for action

Lewis and Zoe Steeper, whose son Oliver tragically died in September 2021, say they're "absolutely overjoyed" to welcome baby Jake and they've given him a name with a touching nod to his big brother

Coleen Nolan advises a reader who is embarrassed by the noisy antics of her neighbours while her own sex life with her husband has dried up

Labour's analysis suggests the eye-watering £720,000 potential bill for severance payments could pay for 4,500 free TV licenses for pensioners

Mirror columnist Saira Khan says PM Rishi Sunak's pledge to reduce NHS waiting times is encouraging - but social care, childcare and mental health services were absent from his top priorities

During his first major speech of 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to cut NHS waiting lists, grow the economy and tackle the small boats crisis

In his first major speech as PM, Mr Sunak gave five promises to reboot his crisis-hit Government, including slashing NHS waits - but there was no mention of his party’s decade-long funding squeeze on the NHS

The Prime Minister will say that learning more maths will help youngsters leave school 'better equipped for the jobs of the future' at a speech in London - as he finally breaks his silence amid the ongoing NHS crisis

Things became heated between the Loose Women ladies on Tuesday as the panel discuss childcare and parenting while juggling the workplace at the same time

Today the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued fresh advice as hospitals battle soaring rates of Covid, flu and Strep A, amid warnings hundreds are dying unnecessarily every day due to overcrowding and lack of resources

The Prime Minister is said to have ditched his predecessor Liz Truss's idea for 'big bang' reforms, which were due to include increasing free childcare support by 20 hours a week and scrapping staff to child ratios

The Labour leader faced three Prime Ministers in 2022 after a year of open warfare in the Conservative Party - and in the coming year he will set out more of his blueprint for No10 as he hopes to maintain momentum