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    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      OutlookPatti Waldmeir
      Turmoil over US abortions turns spotlight on safe havens for newborns

      Just over a year after the ruling overturning Roe vs Wade, debate over ‘baby boxes’ is heated

      Safe Haven poster in a firestation
    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Banks must play fair as mortgage rates rise

      As millions brace for the impact of more expensive home loans, here’s my don’t panic guide to what happens next

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Politicians forget to ask what good childcare actually looks like

      Ambitious plans are one thing but the question of costs and detail remains

      Illustration of the chancellor’s red Budget briefcase lying open with wooden block falling out of it and a toddler building with the blocks
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt’s workforce plan to cost £70,000 per person entering UK employment

      IFS analysis shows chancellor’s policy package will have a high price tag for relatively limited gains

      A mother with two daughters
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Swiss central bank backs Credit Suisse

      VW to invest €180bn over next 5 years to manufacture its own electric vehicle batteries and expand

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      UK general election
      With an eye to the next election, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces help with childcare

      Famous red briefcase changed to a baby toy bag

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Nurseries worry about England’s huge expansion of free childcare

      Plan to offer free care for children from 9 months to 4 years will leave nurseries heavily reliant on government for income

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      There’s no such thing as free childcare

      Announcing more hours is one thing but actually accessing them is quite another

      Jeremy Hunt meets children during a visit to Busy Bees Battersea Nursery in south London
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Inside PoliticsStephen Bush
      Hunt makes childcare the new battleground in politics

      Zero-to-18 provision represents a significant shift

      UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Budget 2023: what it means for your money

      Moves to boost tax breaks on pensions, ease childcare costs and support household energy bills

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Chancellor to expand free spaces in England’s nurseries

      Increase of early years entitlements part of a suite of measures aimed at making childcare more affordable

      Child draws on paper in a school
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      FT Money personal finance guides
      FT Money’s guide to Junior Isas

      £9,000 a year can be saved tax free for youngsters

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special Report
      Women in Business

      Women’s careers are changing fast: as mothers and daughters, backers and founders, leaders and earners — often in many of those roles at the same time

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      Hit to UK childcare benefits deters low-income parents from working

      Citizens Advice says squeeze has occurred because of limit on universal credit funds

      A young girl plays with toys at a playgroup in Somerset, England
    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Personal Finance
      Best of FT Money 2022

      Personal finance coverage in a year dominated by inflation and geopolitical risks

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      FT readers respond
      What do you think about high childcare costs? FT readers respond

      We asked people about their experiences of childcare and their views on the UK system

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Stealth taxes, not wealth taxes

      The chancellor is applying the biggest tax squeeze to the middle classes, not the wealthiest

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      England’s nurseries demand relief on business rates

      Government funding for childcare being undercut by tax burden, survey warns

      A nursery teacher playing with two children
    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Childcare is broken: even a three-year-old could tell you

      Tax freezes and increased childcare costs mean parents are being squeezed at both ends

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Gender pay gap
      Money Clinic Podcast: Childcare in crisis

      The high cost and inflexibility of childcare is sending parents into meltdown

      A child plays with plastic bricks
    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Parenting and families
      England’s childcare in crisis as costs rise and staff leave

      Pre-school provision suffering from a debilitating mix of under-investment, rising bills, shortages of qualified people and low morale

      Paintpots Nursery in the Manchester suburb of Wythenshawe
    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      FT reader survey: Childcare subsidies will help women return to the workplace

      Respondents call for policymakers and employers to help shoulder the costs

      children playing with wooden toys
    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Childcare: female-led social enterprises tackle dysfunctional system

      A muddled mix of private providers and patchy government funding creates barriers for parents in the UK

      Woman assisting a child in the playground
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast21 min listen
      Mind the gap! What women need to know about investing

      Investment masterclass with Emilie Bellet, founder of Vestpod

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Working It podcast21 min listen
      Is hybrid work a trap for women?

      Many women want flexibility but there is evidence it is not good for their careers

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