Parents

Every primary age child in London will get free school meals again from this September, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed. Here's what you need to know.

If you're in a couple and claiming Child Benefit – or you aren't claiming because one of you earns £60,000 or more a year – you could be missing out on £1,000s or even £10,000s in future state pension payments. MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis shared the warning and explained what you can do about it, on the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.

If you're pregnant or have a child under the age of four, and you're on a low income, you may be able to get £4.25 a week to spend on food, milk and vitamins by applying for an NHS Healthy Start card. But more than 189,000 people are missing out – here's how to check if you're eligible and apply.

If you're on a low income and struggling with the cost of school uniform, you could get up to £200 to put towards it in the form of a non-repayable grant. To help, we've searched through council websites to find which offer it – check below to see if you qualify and what you could get. But go quick as some deadlines have already passed and late applications may not continue to be accepted for long. 

As the school year comes to an end, parents who use online payment provider ParentPay may have leftover credit sitting in their accounts – here's how to check and get a refund.

Parents may struggle to take advantage of a Government scheme to deliver 30 hours of free childcare a week for three and four-year olds in England, after a recent survey showed that less than half of the country’s childcare providers are planning to offer the scheme.

P arents with young children who are widowed in future could miss out on £1,000s once changes to a Government bereavement scheme are rolled out in April. But a broader overhaul means childless widows and widowers aged under 45 will benefit from a bereavement allowance for the first time.

Almost 9,000 free nursery places for children in England will be funded by a £50-million grant, the Department for Education has announced today.

A botched system upgrade by childcare voucher provider Sodexo has left dozens of p arents unable to pay their childminders and nurseries – with some risking late payment fines.

Online school payments system ParentPay expects to complete a second major overhaul of its website next month after a previous revamp proved hugely unpopular with parents and led to children going hungry at school.