The Angel in the House, which has flapped its pernicious wings over far too many women’s lives, hovered over the Kansas farmhouse where I grew up. When I was eight, my parents turned childcare and housework over to me: I was a girl; that was what I was born to do. The Angel was the evil creation of the Victorian writer Coventry Patmore, who invoked immolation of all ambition and desire as the …

A NEW nursery set up by a team from a former childcare facility is due to be up and running within weeks.

Boris Johnson’s economic body was accused of leaving thousands of low-income families in the lurch today after scrapping its childcare team.

Almost half (44%) of under 35-year-olds who are married or living as married that took part in a recent national GB survey reveal they would be likely to take advantage of the new paternity entitlements, due to come into force on 6 April 2010, taking effect from 3 April 2011. This suggests that the younger generations are more interested in sharing childcare responsibilities, according to …

A NEW nursery set up by a team from a former childcare facility is due to be up and running within weeks.

A NEW nursery set up by a team from a former childcare facility is due to be up and running within weeks.

A NEW nursery set up by a team from a former childcare facility is due to be up and running within weeks.

Nurseries are pulling out of the Government’s free nursery places scheme forcing parents to pay full costs or look for new childcare places.