Costs

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  School uniform rip-off: 29,500 schools may be forced to slash costs

  Oct 26th, 2012

  Parents are spending tens of millions of pounds more than they need to on school uniforms because...

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  Do you take your children on holiday in term time?

  As the last half term of the school year dawns and classes have so many empty chairs it looks like...

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

  Nov 29th, 2011

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

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  Parents spend third of income on childcare - more than any other country

  Sep 7th, 2011

  Research from Save the Children and Daycare Trust shows we're spending almost a THIRD of our income...

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  Cost of school meals set to rise in the new school year

  Aug 30th, 2011

  The cost of buying a school meal will rise up to 25 per cent when schools start again next week.

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  Back to School costs hitting parents hard

  Getty One in three of us are worried about the cost of sending our children back to school ...

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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...

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  Bringing up a child can cost £800 a month in Britain

  Jul 12th, 2010

  Bringing up a child in Britain can cost £800 per month, according to a recent report. This ...

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  Cost of raising a child reaches £200,000

  Feb 24th, 2010

  The average cost of bringing up a child until they are 21 has reached £200,000 for the first ...

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