Trump’s Deportations and Policy Shifts Will Worsen Child-Care Crisis
The number of child-care workers has largely returned to prepandemic levels, but now there are fewer day cares and centers ...
Iowa still doesn't give state workers paid maternity leave. Will Republicans finally OK it?
For the third year in a row, Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed language allowing state workers to take paid parental leave. Can ...
‘My mother-in-law is now requesting we pay her to watch our daughter’: Minnesota couple earning $230K struggles with child care costs, Ramsey Show hosts weigh in
When Kyle from Minnesota asked his mother-in-law to look after his child, he wasn’t expecting her to hand him an invoice.
Labor ‘working towards’ March 25 budget
Jim Chalmers says Australia’s inflation is lower than major advanced economies; Donald Trump offers public servants seven ...
Panic in Sweden, crisis in Japan - the countries Elon Musk fears are on brink of collapse
The world's population is growing but in some countries birth rates are plummeting - so do we have too many people or too few ...
The builder shortage challenging the government's growth plans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week confirmed government support for dozens of big projects to boost growth, on top of ...
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JRF poverty report: government has done next to nothing to tackle this “poverty pandemic”
Responding to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual poverty report which found almost one in three children in England will be in poverty by 2029, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper ...
As the UK population grows, the challenges – and opportunities – for the economy are plain
The UK population is due to soar to 72.5 million by 2032 thanks to net migration, according to the latest figures. Yet if the ...
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GOP members of U.S. Senate probe RFK Jr. on his history of vaccine denial
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety, both past and present, appeared likely to lead at least a few Senate ...
US Labor Costs Rise From Year Earlier by Least Since 2021
US labor cost growth cooled in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers wage pressures ...
Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections
Despite Labour frontbenchers repeatedly speaking out against the Conservatives’ Illegal Migration Act (IMA), Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans to allow unaccompanied children whose age is dis ...
US labor costs rise moderately in fourth quarter
U.S. labor costs rose marginally in the fourth quarter, offering some comfort to Federal Reserve officials after progress ...