UK Policy Briefing
This briefing examines new data from the Department of Education revealing a significant fall in the number of childcare providers since April 2020.
This briefing looks at the new data published by the Department of Education which reveals a significant fall in the number of childcare providers since April 2020.
Any plan to build back better after Covid must address the crisis in the childcare sector or it will continue to fail the child who are locked out of critical early years development and the mothers who rely on it to undertake paid work.
The early years childcare sector faces a crisis, with nurseries closing and parents struggling. Urgent government action is needed to address this.
This blog highlights the unequal burden of unpaid work on women, especially during lockdowns. It critiques the current Shared Parental Leave system.
The UK Women’s Budget Group has made a submission to IPSA’s consultation on creating an MP Parental Leave Cover Fund.
In this guest blog, Hanna Dooley takes a look at the current fertility debate and argues for a feminist approach.