More than three in four mothers (76%) who pay for childcare say it no longer makes financial sense for them to work, a survey of thousands of parents has found.
A new report by the charity Pregnant Then Screwed warns the ever-increasing costs of childcare are driving families into debt - or preventing them from having children altogether.
The UK's childcare costs are now in the top three most expensive across the developed world, with one in three (32%) families who use formal childcare admitting they have to rely on some form of debt to cover their costs.
Among them is Charlie Taylor Castanheira, 26, who will take on around £15,000 of debt to cover her daughter's nursery fees so she can return to university to train as a barrister.
