childcare

The 300 new nurseries in primary schools are just phase one of the government's plan (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Labour's plan for creating 300 new nurseries in just one year

The average British child will ask their parents for snacks at least 11 times per day over summer.

Kids' sugar intake soars by 40% during summer holidays

Childcare costs have forced parents to reduce their working hours

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How to save on summer holidays - as 50% of parents struggle with costs

There's a lot of different support available for struggling families during the school holidays too (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Three kinds of help available for families during the summer holidays

An expert shares 8 top tips on how to get your kids to sleep this summer. (Photo: Tim Graham/Getty Images)

8 tips on how to get your kids to sleep during the summer

Actress Charlotte Riley plays with children at Warner Bros Studios at The WonderWorks, the first dedicated childcare facility at a UK film or TV studio (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

When free childcare will be extended to 30 hours - and how to apply

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules

Children aged two will recieve 15 hours of free childcare.

Free childcare scheme April roll out

Guy, Viki and Baby Leon, Landmatters Permaculture Community, Devon as the young couple talk about their journey to off grid living.

Couple quit rat race for a commune - and say they’d ‘never go back’

Childcare has been thrown into the spotlight after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made it a central subject of his spring Budget.

Children under five outnumber childcare places in Wakefield

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds

Budget 2023: Free childcare for under 5s explained

Katy Hunter is pictured.

Cost of living crisis: Nursery fees ‘forcing women to quit their jobs’

Tongue of a child with scarlet fever - strawberry tongue.

Back to school advice as scarlet fever and Covid cases remain high

Tieve Tara Medical Centre

Wakefield charity sets up journal group in Castleford to help new and expectant ...

Spectrum People has set up a new journalling group to help new and expectant mums.

Gemma Jimmison

Don’t miss the HMRC Self Assessment tax return deadline - everything you need to...

Tax-free Childcare supports working families by topping up cash they pay into a pot for services such as childminders, nurseries and nannies.

More Wakefield parents using government tax-free childcare support scheme

Tax-free Childcare supports working families by topping up cash they pay into a pot for services such as childminders, nurseries and nannies.

More Wakefield parents using government tax-free childcare support scheme

Paul and Jo France make up one of just three childminding businesses left in Hemsworth.

Childcare in crisis: childminder says 'phenomenal' costs and Ofsted rules forcin...

Parents are being left with fewer choices for childcare across the Wakefield district.

Childcare in crisis? 50 Wakefield childminders leave profession in just two year...

This VW Campervan toy is worth thousands. (Photo: Childcare.co.uk)

The toys in your attic could be worth up to £120,000 - here are the most valuabl...

Thousands of grandparents don't realise they're missing out on the scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

Grandparents are missing out on thousands in pension credits - here’s how to cla...

Underpaid and undervalued: the reality of childcare work in the UK

School holiday childcare costs parents nearly £3,500 every year

Lewis Galloway and Frazer Nugent, of The Mallrats, enjoy themselves at Bramham Park where they will be appearing on the BBC Introducing Stage at the Leeds Festival.

BBC Introducing Stage line-up announced for Leeds Festival