Money
Family debts up by 48% in one year
If you have the financial blues now the post Christmas credit card bill has finally hit the mat, you're not alone. In its Family Finances report, insurance company Aviva say the average family's debts have risen nearly 50% over the last year.
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Cost of raising a child reaches £218,000
The cost of raising a child from birth to university now costs parents over £200,000
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Swimming lessons, piano tuition and BUBBLE BATH off recession-hit families' shopping lists
Swimming lessons, piano tuition, and even BUBBLE BATH are being cut from millions of families budgets as Britons struggle to cope with the aftermath of the recession, claims a report out today.
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Rising cost of living: Families £14 a week worse off than last year
Rising food, petrol and energy costs have left the average British family £14 a week worse off than they were this time last year.
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Benefit cuts mean mums are quitting work
A survey of working mums claims that benefit cuts have forced one in four mums to quit work because they cannot afford spiraling childcare costs.
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How to balance your family finances
Top tips for balancing your books
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Family holidays: Recession hits middle class getaways
PA Cash-strapped middle class families can no longer afford to go on holiday, new figures reveal. The ...
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Value of a mum: What are we worth?
Research just in claims the value of a mother - IF you could put a figure on it - equates to an annual salary of £30k. ...
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Mums forced to cut savings by £400 a year to pay bills
Balancing the household budget without slipping into the red is getting tougher for cash strapped parents. Rising prices ...
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Are you a bad parent if you don't pay for university?
Bad parents make their 18-year-olds take out student loans. Good parents pay the tuition fees (up to £9,000 a year), ...
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Stay at home mums will not lose pension rights
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary is set to introduce a new flat rate pension hand-out of £140 a week ...
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One in 30 children have a parent on the dole
A government report has revealed that ONE in 30 youngsters will grow up in a family with at least one of their parents on the ...
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