The survey also found that 59% of working mothers manage the household expenses alone, including day-to-day finances and long-term investing.

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The flight - Invicta Airlines Flight 435 - was full of mothers from Somerset on a day out shopping.

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Pensioners should not have to take on cleaning jobs to make ends meet, mothers with young children - or indeed fathers - should not have to leave them in day-care, people with disabilities may not be able to stay in employment during different phases of a progressive illness.

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With this in mind, spa breaks and short out-of-town vacations are wonderful ways to reward the hard work that mothers undertake each day, while providing them with a break from the rigorous and strenuous routines of everyday life.

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