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Childcare – a grim tale
Opening up the childcare ‘market’ to private investors has led to soaring costs, shortages of places and women being priced out of the workplace, warns ANITA WRIGHT
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
Burnham’s Makerfield triumph offers the party the opportunity to reconnect with working people, but only if it rejects business as usual, says CAROL MOCHAN MSP
KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it
IN A desperate attempt by the government to show it cares about families and children, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a £4 billion increase for childcare reform in the spring Budget.
It included plans to increase the number of childminders by piloting incentive payments of £600 to anyone signing up to the profession, rising to £1,200 if joining via an agency.
The plan backfired when it was revealed that the Prime Minister’s wife, Akshata Murty, is a shareholder in Koru Kids, which is among the private childcare providers likely to benefit from the scheme, a fact that Rishi Sunak failed to declare.
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