March of the #Mummies: thousands protest ‘nightmare’ UK childcare. ‘Underpaid, undervalued’: #March of the #Mummiesprotests take place across UK. #UnitedKingdom

"Before 11am, pregnant mothers, parents with prams, and children with painted faces and fancy dress arrived armed with placards saying, “Knocked up then knocked off the career ladder” and “Childcare costs are wicked” in support of the campaign coinciding with Halloween weekend. 

Organised by Pregnant Then Screwed, similar marches took place across 11 cities on Saturday, all calling for reforms to the childcare sector. 

“I want to get away from thinking that these are our children, so we have to pay for them. They’re not just our children, they’re members of our community, they’re going to grow up to be the doctors, the politicians, the neighbours of everyone in this community,” said Rebecca Williams, who works less now that she is a mother of two. 

The UK’s childcare costs are already among the highest in the world. Now, with a cost of living crisis and soaring inflation, many parents say they are struggling to pay for childcare in addition to rising bills." 

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