parenting Articles

Two-thirds of Usdaw members are covered by agreements which improve the rights of parents and carers, argues Usdaw general secretary John Hannett Work-life balance issues have traditionally been regarded by many in the trade union movement as peripheral – a matter for...

The radical 1945 Labour government built the welfare state to address the five giant evils that William Beveridge saw in Britain’s industrial society. The next Labour government needs to build a new welfare state that moves beyond Beveridge’s five giants to address...

How easy is it to stand for parliament when you are a working mother with a baby? Extremely difficult if not near impossible. When my daughter Larissa, was four months old I was selected as the parliamentary candidate for the Tory safe seat of Spelthorne. The photo...

In 2014 there were two million single parents with dependent children – that is nearly one in four households with children – and this figure is growing. Single parent families are being hit harder than almost any other group by this government's policies. Single...