Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick is seen visiting his parents during lockdown

Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick is seen visiting his parents during lockdown – despite delivering warnings to the public NOT to travel unnecessarily Robert Jenrick appealed to members of the public to avoid unnecessary travel  He drove 40 miles to travel to his mother and father at their home in Shropshire Mr Jenrick said he was … Read more

Releasing young adults who no longer live with their parents could be the best route out of lockdown

Releasing 20–30 year-olds who no longer live with their parents could be the best route out of lockdown and avoid an ‘extraordinary recession’, experts suggested. This section of the population — unlike the older generations — is statistically less likely to die from coronavirus, or develop severe symptoms.  Like many countries, the UK is presently … Read more

Child benefit claims plummet, meaning more parents lose state pension credits

The number of families claiming child benefit has plunged by 44,000 to 7.28million over a year, putting more parents at risk of a poorer old age. Parents – mostly mums – can end up tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement because not claiming deprives them of valuable credits towards their state pension. … Read more

Ryan Thomas offers to provide new parents with baby supplies as he details fatherhood struggles

‘I’m full of fear and loneliness’: Ryan Thomas offers to provide new parents with baby supplies as he details the struggles of raising baby son Roman without his family amid lockdown By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 10:59 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 10:59 BST, 5 April 2020 Ryan Thomas has detailed the struggles … Read more

Sarah Michelle Gellar shares SMG Tip Of The Day about drinking game parents can play in quarantine

Sarah Michelle Gellar shares latest ‘SMG Tip Of The Day’ about hilarious drinking game parents can play while quarantined By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 06:59 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 06:59 BST, 5 April 2020 Sarah Michelle Gellar has been sharing her SMG Tips Of The Day to help her followers get through … Read more

Children are dying from non-coronavirus illnesses as parents wrongly warned to keep them home

Children are dying from non-coronavirus illnesses as parents are being wrongly warned to keep them out of hospital during the coronavirus pandemic, top paediatrician claims  Mothers and fathers are delaying taking their children to hospital   Professor Russell Viner said: ‘If your child is very unwell, we want to see them’  NHS England said parents should come … Read more

Dress up with Joe Wicks! Parents share snaps of children in costumes

Dress up with Joe Wicks! Parents share snaps of children in Spiderman, Frozen and Cat In The Hat costumes for a special edition of the popular PE class Parents across the UK shared photos of their children dressing up for a PE class Kids dressed up as Spiderman, Cat In The Hat and Elsa from … Read more

Girl, 8, temporarily separated from parents so they can continue working as NHS nurses

Girl, 8, who is temporarily separated from her parents so they can continue working as NHS nurses pens a poem for healthcare workers urging them to ‘stay positive and save lives’ Eight-year-old Millie Cadman is currently living with her grandmother Tracey  Parents Jodie and Nikita Cadman made decision so they could still work for NHS Wrote moving … Read more

Parents who objected to ‘state control’ and refused to have their son vaccinated lose court battle

Parents who objected to ‘state control’ and refused to have their son vaccinated lose their court battle in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for ‘anti-vax’ movement Parents who refused to have their son vaccinated lost Court of Appeal case They flouted Birth and Deaths Registration Act 1953 and lost High Court battle Court … Read more

Best tax-free savings rates for parents saving for their children

Chancellor Rishi Sunak raised the Junior Isa allowance from £4,368 to £9,000 in the 2020 Budget Savers weren’t handed many giveaways in an 11 March Budget primarily focused on the coronavirus outbreak. But one pleasant surprise was a more than doubling of the tax-free Junior Isa allowance from £4,368 to £9,000, which comes into force … Read more