'Procreation Feels Like Financial Suicide' Amid Cost Of Living Crisis, Says Charity Boss

A Maternity Action survey on behalf of Unison exposed that 25 per cent of 1,400 new mothers had skipped meals to afford to feed their families. (Credit: REMO CASILLI/Reuters)

A study, commissioned by the charity campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, has found that Britons are taking on debt to pay for childcare.

The Pregnant Then Screwed survey said that almost half, 46 per cent, of parents admitted to getting themselves into debt or raiding their savings to raise their children.