Protect, Support, Provide, by Grandparents Plus and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), found grandparents in families most at risk of poverty are under increasing pressure to take on a caring role.
It says one in three families rely on grandparental childcare each week, with working class grandmothers who are still of working age most likely to be providing childcare and to have given up work or reduced their hours for it.
The report says Government moves to put lone parents into work conflict with the employment rate of older people as they reach retirement. It warns this could undermine attempts to reduce poverty.
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