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In this bonus episode of The Pension Confident Podcast, we have tips for new parents: from the benefits you could be eligible for, to the impact parenthood could have on your pension.

Tune in to hear the best bits from episodes three and 19, as our host, Philippa Lamb and our expert panels discuss nesting, building emergency funds as a new parent and more. We hear from:

• CEO of Mumsnet, Justine Roberts CBE;
• Founder of Vestpod, Emilie Bellet;
• Money Advice Editor at The Telegraph, Sam Brodbeck;
• Senior Digital Editor at Money Week, Kalpana Fitzpatrick;
• PensionBee's CTO, Jonathan Lister Parsons; and
• PensionBee's CEO, Romi Savova.

Episode Breakdown:

00:37 The reality of Shared Parental Leave

02:22 Statutory rights for adoption

03:13 How to budget for a new baby

04:44 Anticipating early costs and childcare expenses

06:23 Exploring Tax-Free Childcare Allowance and Child Benefit

08:05 Parenthood and the Gender Pension Gap

09:31 Starting a conversation, before starting a family

Further reading and listening:

To learn more about personal finance tips for new parents, check out these articles and podcasts from PensionBee:

• Episode transcript
• E19: Can you afford to have kids? With Justine Roberts CBE, Kalpana Fitzpatrick and Jonathan Lister Parsons
• E3: How do we tackle the gender pension gap? With Sam Brodbeck, Emilie Bellet and Romi Savova
• Pensionbee's research on fair sharing of childcare
• PensionBee Parental Leave Policy
• What I learned about mothers and their pensions from answering Mumsnet questions
• Why parents need to make a Child Benefit claim to protect their State Pension

Other useful resources:

• Mumsnet
• Statutory Maternity Pay and Leave (Gov.uk)
• Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave (Gov.uk)
• Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave (Gov.uk)
• Disability Living Allowance for children (Gov.uk)
• Tax-Free Childcare (Gov.uk)
• Child Benefit (Gov.uk)
• Boosting paternity leave has economic benefits (Pregnant Then Screwed)
• Average childcare costs (MoneyHelper)
• Transparency on parental pay (ABI)

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