Now I can afford only one child

LAST Wednesday the Government made the decision for me that I shall have only one child.

Up till now I had been trying to hold my ground against the grinding increases in all of life’s necessities. But, finally, my husband and I must admit defeat. The Government has introduced the community childcare subvention scheme. This will affect the crèche our daughter attends.

Under the new scheme, the level of grant aid to each facility will be based on the number of disadvantaged parents — which makes sense.