Grandparents Plus' Doing it All? report, which is based on analysis of latest government figures, has found that 63 per cent of grandparents provide childcare to their grandchildren. The biggest age group involved are aged between 55 and 64.
The bulk of these are grandmothers who, the charity claims, will struggle to balance work, childcare commitments and perhaps looking after elderly relatives when the state pension age for women rises from 60 to 65 in 2018.
Grandparents Plus has warned that the situation is set to worsen as the state pension age for both men and women rises to 67 by 2026.
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