Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire

A leading aid charity is facing an investigation by the Charity Commission after Tory MPs complained about a poster campaign attacking the Government's austerity drive.

Samantha
Cameron and Miriam Gonzalez Durantez attended the event at Basildon Upper Academy in Essex, held as part of the national Inspiring Women campaign

Grandparents should receive greater entitlement to unpaid leave so they can look after their grandchildren alongside their job, a trade union body has said.

WOMEN across the UK will no longer feel they have to choose between having a career and having children, Nick Clegg will insist today, as the Coalition publishes the final details of its landmark reform of parental leave.

Plans to share parental leave "heap yet more burdens on struggling employers", according to the Institute of Directors.

Childcare plans in the independence White Paper would see families save up to £4,600 per child each year, according to the Scottish government.

Survey shows schools are still pushing traditional routes with two-thirds of youngsters saying they were pointed towards academic paths

Big banks should pay for extended free childcare to help parents who are facing a

The UK ranks last in Europe when it comes to giving new parents well-paid leave

A think-tank argues that enabling mothers to go back to work would net the Treasury cash from extra tax and savings on benefits.

Survey finds a third of stay-at-home mothers say they would like to work and a fifth of those in work want to do more hours

Politicians are accused of failing to tackle childcare costs as a study shows a quarter of parents cannot afford to work.

A YouGov survey discovered 78% of people believe more will turn to food banks next year as the cost-of-living crisis deepens - 17% are happy with the Government

The number of women forced out of their jobs because they are either pregnant or on maternity leave has more than doubled in the past decade, according to a major report.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the rights would allow men to become more hands-on fathers and stop women feeling they have to choose between a career or a baby.

Equalities minister says men are too often mocked in the workplace for wanting to juggle childcare and career

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said
the problem
was “far too common” in Britain - and is keeping mums away from work

Government is putting barriers in the way of justice for women who suffer prejudice at work, writes Labour's Gloria De Piero , writes Labour's Gloria De Piero

EXTENDING free childcare for working parents should be paid for with a levy on big banks, Ed Miliband has said.