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'Free childcare promise is life-changing as I'm in survival mode - but it's a Catch-22'

Lucie Driver, 26, has sleepless nights over paying bills and affording childcare when her mat leave comes to an end. While she says the new package announced today by Jeremy Hunt is 'life-changing', she raises concern about the toll on nurseries and their staff

Daily Mirror

Desperate mums being forced into sex work to feed their children, say charities

One single working mother says she sees 'no way out' of webcam sex work due to 'crippling' childcare costs of up to £700 a month. Anna said the work made her feel dirty, violated and sick

Wales Online

Desperate mums turning to sex work to feed their kids amid cost of living crisis

One single working mother says she sees 'no way out' of webcam sex work due to 'crippling' childcare costs of up to £700 a month. Anna said the work made her feel dirty, violated and sick

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A rainy morning in Manchester didn't deter hundreds of parents standing up for their rights

Families braved the wet weather to come together and demand better childcare affordability and accessibility

Manchester Evening News

Thousands join March of the Mummies to demand childcare reforms

Pregnant Then Screwed organised 11 marches around the country and encouraged those taking part to wear fancy dress.

Evening Standard

Thousands join March of the Mummies to demand childcare reforms - OLD

Pregnant Then Screwed organised 11 marches around the country and encouraged those taking part to wear fancy dress.

The Independent UK

March of the Mummies: Thousands of mothers take to the streets calling for childcare reform

Around 15,000 mothers are expected to attend the family-friendly marches across UK cities

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March of The Mummies: Sarah Solemani warns childcare crisis is damaging couples’ relationships

‘It will affect your family planning. It will affect your career. It will affect your relationship,’ actor tells Maya Oppenheim

The Independent UK

March of the Mummies - inside the ‘walking dead’ parental protest

Pregnant Then Screwed founder Joeli Brearley tells Martha Alexander about the serious intent behind their zombie march for the rights of mothers

Evening Standard

Pregnant Then Screwed March of the Mummies: Why 1,000 Leeds mums will take part Halloween protest

The Halloween-themed protest will highlight the 'horrific' treatment of mums in the UK

Leeds Live

UK childcare is collapsing – and forcing mothers back into the home

Spiralling costs are leaving some parents with no option but to give up work, says the writer Lucy Pasha-Robinson

The Guardian - UK

Met faces legal action after refusing to police ‘March of the Mummies’

Campaigners accuse force of ‘trying to prevent women from organising’ over childcare protest in London

The Guardian - UK

Maternal rights campaigners attack Truss childcare tax plan

Giving tax breaks to stay-at-home parents would give women less choice unless childcare was made cheaper, campaigner Joeli Brearley said.

The Independent UK

‘This is a crisis’: 6 in 10 women who had abortion say childcare costs put them off pregnancy

‘If I had continued my pregnancy of a much-wanted child I would have had to quit my job to care for them. This would have meant we had to sell our home,’ mother-of-one says

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Start work aged four to match male savings pots, women told

Gender pensions gap shows biggest difference on record

The Independent UK

Men with stay-at-home wives more sexist than men with spouses in employment, says Jill Filipovic

‘More mothers at home makes for worse, more sexist men who see women as mommies and helpmeets,’ says author

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re heading for a crisis’: UK parents face rising fees as nursery costs soar

Research finds 95% of nurseries in England do not have enough funding to cover basic costs after Covid hit

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