All news on the topic: Childcare

Parents who are struggling are encouraged to simply 'Ask for Ellen' in Morrisons Cafés - and it will entitle you to a delicious treat during the October half-term

A babysitter has admitted the 'biggest mistake' she ever made was taking two-year-old child she was watching on a week-long holiday - without telling the youngster's parents

The UK economy is in a "horrible fiscal bind" as it heads for recession and with no room to cut taxes or increase public spending amid mounting political pressure on the Chancellor to do so, according to a report

Tasha Jay clashed with a co-star on the hit Channel 4 reality show - but she has now suggested all was not as it seemed on air and thinks her scenes were edited together hastily

Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has revealed why she won't be cutting her ex-husband Richie Myler out of her life or removing happy photos of them from her Instagram

Coleen Nolan advises a reader who is not sure whether to stay with her husband or not as she feels they are just existing

Jennifer Dunstan, from Sheffield, has won a battle lasting more than a year to prove her son Rio, 12, who has autism, is entitled to help from his school to feed and educate him

Coleen Nolan advises a reader who feels let down by her friend who started making excuses not to see her - but then found out she left her husband and was actually having an affair

Dame Averil Mansfield has had a remarkable medical career and over the years, she wanted to inspire other women to follow her lead. She is still sending a defiant message

Researchers that compile data on US cities have named the best places to live for working parents, and they all share one quality - a certain flexibility that allows for better work/life balance

The National Day Nurseries Association blamed a lack of funding as a whopping 216 nurseries in England had to shut in the 12 months to September, up from 144 in 2021/22

Keir Mudie says we learnt nothing from Tory Conference apart from they are unravelling, out of ideas and some of them stand on dogs - and now it's time for Labour to act

Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski, 34, of Costa Mesa, California, has been convicted of 34 counts of molesting 16 boys aged between two and 12as well as showing pornography to a seventeenth

As a result, over half of women worry they may not be able to afford the retirement they have always hoped for - and one in six fear they may not be able to retire at all

A speech-language expert has shared her top tips for encouraging children between 12 and 24 months to talk and revealed the common mistakes most parents make

A bride who chose not to have kids at her wedding has been slammed by her guests for paying for childcare - because the play area she'd rented was two miles from her wedding venue

A woman has been left outraged after her mum refused to watch over her daughter for free - and says she wants £91 per day for giving up her free time to babysit

The Prime Minister he still faces a further probe into an alleged breach of the confidentiality rules surrounding the probe into his failure to properly declare his wife's shareholdings

Laura Danger shared a video of a mom trying to do a simple task but coming up against problems at every step and believes running a household should be called 'domestic engineering'

'What a horrible thing to do'

There is detailed research showing the link between attainment and poverty - when children are going hungry at school it is no surprise this affects their ability to study

Commons' standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg found the Prime Minister had "inadvertently" broken the MPs' code of conduct by not revealing Akshata Murty's stake in Koru Kids

Currently, some three to four year olds are eligible for up to 30 hours of free childcare per week over 38 weeks of the year if their parents work and meet certain conditions

Help is available if you’re pregnant and worried about your finances - from free NHS prescriptions and dental care, to supermarket vouchers, we round up all the support

Labour's deputy leader speaks openly about the extreme poverty in Stockport, Greater Manchester, where she grew up, as she tours the north in special battle bus