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Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19

Dominic Cummings has accidentally put childcare on the agenda, writes Veronica Deutsch, but within the sector not all workers are equal. High precarity is particularly common in nannying work, and, while coronavirus has highlighted the need for better support, regulation can feel like a threat to the most vulnerable.

Coronavirus Is Breaking the Foster Care System

Coronavirus has exposed the systematic undervaluing of social reproduction work – and nowhere more so than in the foster care system, writes Josh Gabert-Doyon.

Community Not Capital: Creating a Childcare System That Actually Works

Mums for Corbyn activists explain how Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party must seize the opportunity to propose a childcare system that addresses and meets the needs of mothers and their families.

Childcare Costs: How the Government Is Failing Both Parents and Providers

This September a flagship government scheme will be rolled out across the country with the promise of providing 30 free childcare hours a week to all three and four-year-olds. But in reality parents and early years providers will have to plug a funding gap, with some nurseries already forced to shut down.