Bridget Phillipson has described how her family struggled when her single mum couldn't work as there was no childcare available.
The 39-year-old, who grew up in a council house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, said her mum Clare, who helped to found domestic abuse charity Wearside Women in Need, didn't go back to work full time until she started school.
She said: “There was no childcare and my grandparents were both working so they helped when they could, they couldn't look after me.
