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November 10, 2020

Universal Credit childcare costs case to be heard by High Court

Families on Universal Credit have been pushed into debt and hardship by upfront childcare costs.
February 12, 2020

UK businesses missing out on single parents' skills, says new report

Gingerbread is calling on employers to offer more senior level roles with part-time and flexible hours.
December 20, 2019

Call for government to tackle poverty epidemic among single parent families

Single parents will lose an average of £3,800 of their annual net income by 2021/22 as a result of 2010-17 tax and benefit reforms, the biggest loss of all household types in the UK.
July 13, 2018

Government U-turn on child maintenance 'welcome but not enough'

Gingerbread says the government's new strategy falls short of what is needed for struggling parents.
April 18, 2018

The impact of single parent benefit sanctions

Benefit sanctions can make single parents less likely to find a job, and take a severe financial and emotional toll on parents and children, says Gingerbread.
February 22, 2018

More single parents working yet poverty still rising, finds Gingerbread

Single parent employment rates are at a record high, but a third of children with a working single parent live in poverty, and the situation is set to worsen.
November 22, 2017

Gingerbread and JRF respond to the budget

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says, “The Government’s big spending commitments for stamp duty giveaways and tax cuts prioritised higher earning households, with little support for people who need it most."
September 3, 2012

Charity says government must change course on in-work support

More than one million working single parents will be among four million people losing out from the unintended consequences of two government schemes.