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Most and least expensive US childcare options

Many parents in the US pay for summer camps for their children. But what happens if that childcare option is out of reach?

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What do parents think of summer childcare?

So what do working parents think about the state of holiday childcare? We went to see some of them in Cherry Hinton, a village on the outskirts of Cambridge

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‘Without a creche I couldn’t work’

A lack of childcare is one of the main reasons many Indian women give for quitting the workforce.

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‘Bring your children to work’

Holiday childcare is getting ever more expensive, and in many parts of the UK there aren’t enough places to meet the needs of working parents.

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Holiday childcare in short supply in UK

Millions of children will be going to activities clubs this summer while their parents work. But only a quarter of the UK has enough holiday childcare places.

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It’s a long summer for parents

For working parents covering the long summer break can be difficult and expensive.

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A glimpse inside the Goldman Sachs nursery

Goldman is the only City firm to have an onsite nursery – but is it only deep-pocketed banks which can afford one?

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A longer life means a longer wait for your pension

Longer life expectancy means the middle aged will have to work longer for their share of the pension pot.

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Gran designs

Canada’s Grand Challenges projects are using research and ingenuity to tackle global problems.

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Where’s hot?

Many holidaymakers no longer want just a couple of weeks’ rest, but are searching for a more memorable experience.