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Which countries in Europe have the highest and lowest childcare costs?
In the UK families could spend a whopping 75% of their monthly income on childcare, which discourages women from going back to work.
Sarah Ronan once had to resign from a job because she couldn't afford childcare.
Far from being a rare example, it's a story that's all-too-familiar in the UK, which has some of the highest childcare costs in Europe, and where women are actively discouraged from going back into the workplace after starting a family, because of the expenses involved.
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Sarah Ronan once had to resign from a job because she couldn't afford childcare.
Far from being a rare example, it's a story that's all-too-familiar in the UK, which has some of the highest childcare costs in Europe, and where women are actively discouraged from going back into the workplace after starting a family, because of the expenses involved.
“Like many p