“The Cost of a Child in 2022” report estimates that couple families now spend £160,692 and £223.256 for a lone parent raising a child to their 18th birthday.

Includes Childcare Costs.

Almost 1 in 4 adults in the UK are financially squeezed and Ethnic minorities were 2.2 times more likely to report being behind with their bills than their white counterparts during the Covid-19 lockdown.

It was only in 1975 that women could open bank accounts in sole names but not apply for a loan or credit without the signature of a male guarantor.