147. CHILDCARE MATTERS: learning lessons from lockdown

Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd

Hello! In recent months, many working parents have had to juggle looking after kids at home with their usual jobs. Research shows this has had a disproportionate impact on working mothers. We talk to researcher Christine Berry and Lucie Stephens from the New Economics Foundation about our reliance on childcare, the crisis now facing the sector, and how to ensure it is truly valued in the coronavirus recovery. Then Mary-Ann Stephenson from the Women’s Budget group discusses the broader economic impact of the last few months on women.

Plus singer-songwriter turned CBeebies star Nick Cope is here to talk about his Popcast!

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