Cost a raising a child falls but many parents still struggle to meet the threshold
(WorldNews Europe)

Raising a child to the age of 18 will cost couples £150,753, according to new figures by Loughborough University`s Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP). Each year, the centre forecasts the amount of money it would take to bring up a child - including paying for rent and childcare - based on what members of the public identify as essentials. The results have been published in a report by the charity and also include the cost of caring for a child until adulthood for a single parent, for which the 2018 total stands at £183,335. Both figures have fallen from last year when the cost for couples was £187,120, and for lone parents, £155,142. But the drop in expenditure, linked to additional...