A committee of the European Parliament has passed draft legislation to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay across Europe.

Childcare costs in England are continuing to rise at twice the rate of inflation, forcing some working parents to fork out more than 22,000 every year.

The Government is expected to announce proposals to make the second six months of maternity leave transferrable between parents.

Working Families has launched a campaign to encourage more working fathers to take paternity leave, following a report finding 40% of dads can't afford to take up the benefit.

BT has launched a scheme to help carers cope with the demands of caring and their working life.

One in six carers who give up or cut back work to care face a significant drop in income and half have no financial plans for the future.

The Government has revised its plans to phase out childcare vouchers.

More than 60% of working parents using childcare vouchers may have to consider giving up their jobs if tax relief on the scheme is phased out.

Today it has emerged nine ministers have written to the prime minister urging him to rethink his controversial plans to scrap tax-exemptions for childcare vouchers.

Scrapping the tax efficiencies on childcare vouchers will not only harm working parents, but will have a detrimental effect on employers as well, according to the Institute of Payroll Professionals...

The prime minister has denied the Government will scrap childcare vouchers and has maintained the tax credits low and middle-income parents will receive are better than the tax efficiencies on...

A campaign to persuade Gordon Brown not to phase out childcare vouchers has become one of the most popular in the country, receiving tens of thousands of signatures from working parents.