Articles Tagged: Working mums

Not all stay-at-home mums are depressed and joyless

By Heidi Scrimgeour, May 24, 2012

Stay-at-home mums beware: giving up your career to look after your kids can ruin your life, leaving you angry and depressed.

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The Semi-Detached Parent: Work is the curse...

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 20, 2012

Last week I spent the best part of an hour on the phone to the Inland Revenue for them to tell me what I already knew: I am not entitled to any working tax credits, or the childcare element of them.

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Universal credit: Why 150,000 single working mums will be worse off

By Marianne Kavanagh, Mar 14, 2012

The charity Save the Children says that 150,000 of the country’s poorest single parents will be worse off by up to £68 a week under the Coalition Government’s new Universal Credit. This may mean that a quarter of a million children will be pushed further into poverty.

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Celebrity mums Kym Marsh and Karren Brady join the fight to stop working single mums losing up to £68 a week in benefits

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 14, 2012

Single mothers could lose up to £68 a week in benefits under plans to change the benefits system, according to Save the Children.

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Most British mothers feel guilty about going to work

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 8, 2012

PA A survey of mothers has found the majority of us feel guilty about going out to work and not devoting enough time ...

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Dancing on Ice star Jennifer Ellison feels guilty leaving son for work

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 10, 2012

Dancing on Ice star Jennifer Ellison has confessed that she feels guilty leaving her son to go to work each day.

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Stay-at-home-mums are unhappier than working mothers, says study

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 14, 2011

Stay-at-home mothers are more likely to be depressed and suffer ill health than working mums, according to research.

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Free nursery places for two-year-olds to be announced by George Osborne

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 29, 2011

George Osborne is to announce the creation of more than 250,000 free nursery places for two year olds in his Autumn Statement.

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