Dalia Ben-Galim Articles

The rollout of universal credit will disproportionately punish single parents, writes director of policy at Gingerbread Dalia Ben-Galim Pressure from Conservative rebels has just forced the chancellor to U-Turn on his budget announcement on self-employment national...

Today’s announcement on tackling the cost of childcare is welcome, but the direction of travel is worrying. Over the last five years childcare costs have risen by 27 per cent at the same time that many have seen no rise in their wages. But is the announcement as good...

There is no debate over whether childcare costs are high in the UK: the cost of a nursery place has increased by six per cent in the last year and a dual-earner couple on average wage with two children will spend 27 per cent of their net family income on childcare...