Childcare is no panacea when it comes to getting women into work
Policy on childcare continues to promote a conservative view of women’s roles in the home and labour market. It’s time for a new approach.
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What would radical decentralisation look like?
Much needs to be done to end the irresistible pull of London.
The crisis in crisis support – reversing the slow abolition of welfare assistance funding
The abolition of the Local Welfare Assistance fund makes scant social or economic sense.
All young people should be ‘earning or learning’, but cutting their Housing Benefit won’t achieve it
The problem with under 25s is not Housing Benefit – which often provides essential support for those with no other home to go to – it’s a failed system of benefits, training and work.
My budget: what I’d be doing on Wednesday
Budget predictions and demands can be boring (read most of those in the Observer if you don’t believe me) but it is an annual requirement to make clear what you want knowing full well that you’ll be disappointed. If that’s to be the case I’ve decided to go for maximum remorse and show no restraint in what I’d hope for.
The Week in Washington: Obama bids to break sequester deadlock; hitch in immigration reform push and more
Larry Smith gives his weekly round up of politics across the pond.
US Politics Digest: Hagel vote put back, Republicans cold on Obama’s SOTU and more
Larry Smith takes an eclectic look at the moves and shakers in US politics this week.
Comment: People should look beyond the headlines at what Demos actually says on cash cards
Carl Packman looks at what Demos actually say on cash cards in their report this morning.
The childcare debate heats up
While hardly mentioned in the mid-term review, a key part of the coalition’s ‘renewal of vows’ will be next week’s launch of the Childcare Commission, which aims to make childcare more affordable for working parents. At present, Daycare Trust’s annualtest
Affordable childcare rather than tax cuts would better help struggling families
Affordable childcare rather than the raising of the personal allowance would better help struggling families, writes IPPR’s Kayte Lawton.