Amount of stay-at-home mothers falling by 12,000 a month

The number of stay-at-mothers in the UK are falling by 12,000 a month, new Office for National Statistics figures have shown.

Record numbers of women are now in employment while more fathers are opting to care for their children at a rate of 4,000 more a month.

There are now two million stay-at-home mothers in the UK, 800,000 less than twenty years ago.

Campaigners believe increased financial pressures are behind the fall, with new Government policies favouring those in work.