How can you make christmas magical on the two-child benefit cap?

Ellie Bryan was 30 years old when her world fell apart. She’d just had her baby son, Theodore, but within a week she found herself evicted from the home she lived in with her daughter, Amelia, now sev

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The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s parental leave system. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for mothers and grandmothers, says Anna Whitehouse

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This looks amazing. Love it!! @marianfmoratinos Add it up I saw the figure you need to live in dignity [Issue 1685, 22-28 September]. I have never earned half the amount needed, let alone £30,000. (Th

When it comes to securing a place at the best school in London, parents more than ever have to do their property homework, writes Zoe Dare Hall