article_snippet: For a family, food is a huge weekly cost.
article_snippet: Childcare costs are rising faster than the rate of inflation.
article_snippet: Recent research from the Family & Childcare Trust showed a 33 per cent increase in the past five years, and a report last week from single parent charity, Gingerbread, found half of single parents have had to borrow money from friends, family or banks to pay for childcare in the last two years.
article_snippet: With costs so high, it’s important to make use of all the financial help you can get.