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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

'I know it was our choice to have a child - but the cost is making us wonder if there's any point in working'

Parents across Greater Manchester are considering quitting their jobs due to the soaring cost of childcare - as new research showed families are being priced out.

A study published today (12 April), revealed that the cost of putting a child in nursery is forcing one in four UK parents to give up their job, or drop out of education.

More than 7,000 parents and carers from the UK, Brazil, India, Netherlands, Nigeria, Turkey and the US with children under the age of seven were questioned for global children's charity Theirworld.

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