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Report points to worrying lack of detail on child support reform
15/03/07 One Parent Families welcomes today's report on child support reform from the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee which rightly highlights key tensions between the principles and the practicalities of child support reform.
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Single parent charity warns against strong-arm approach
05/03/07 One Parent Families welcomes the recognition in David Freud's welfare review of the need to get more employment support to lone parents, the great majority of whom want to work...
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Charity welcomes minister's support for one parent families
27/02/07 One Parent Families welcomes Education Secretary Alan Johnson's comments on the family and his recognition of the realities of lone parenthood.
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Single parent charity warns against further benefit sanctions
30/01/07 One Parent Families today welcomed the focus in John Hutton's speech on helping lone parents out of poverty but warned that any moves to place tougher conditions on claiming benefits for parents with secondary school age children would be the wrong approach.
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One Parent Families condemns Liberal Democrat proposals
19/12/06 National charity One Parent Families welcomes the Liberal Democrat's support for the target to end child poverty by 2020, announced today by the party's leader Menzies Campbell...
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One Parent Families responds to John Hutton speech
18/12/06 One Parent Families welcomes the Government's forthcoming review of its welfare-to-work strategy - announced today by Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton - but warned against any move to impose any further benefit conditionality on lone parents.
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DIY Child Maintenance will not work for everyone
13/12/06 Responding to today's White Paper on child support, One Parent Families (OPF) welcomed the decision to establish a new system intended to ensure that children get the maintenance they need but urged ministers to...
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Policies will be proof of even-handedness
11/12/06 Responding to today's Conservative party report, Breakdown Britain, Chief Executive of One Parent Families Chris Pond said...
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Follow-up action needed to Pre Budget Report 2006
06/12/06 Commenting on the Pre Budget Report, One Parent Families Chief Executive Chris Pond said:
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One Parent Families' response to John Hutton’s speech:
15/09/06 Chris Pond, Chief Executive said:
"John Hutton is right to say that, for most, lone parenthood is not a life-style choice but the result of relationship breakdown.
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Low-income parents still struggling to afford school uniforms
01/09/06 Some parents are still struggling to pay for expensive school uniforms because their child's school insists on specific uniform from expensive suppliers not available on the high street, says a coalition of charities and the NUT.
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One parent families unveils state-of-the-art parenting database
16/08/06 National charity One Parent Families today launches a state-of-the-art, online database of 10,000 UK help agencies for parents and families.
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Lifeline guide for young single mums
07/08/06 Contrary to popular belief, only a tiny minority of Britain's single parents are teenagers - just three per cent are aged under 20 and only around 14 per cent are aged under 25.
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Government must deliver on bright shiny vision for child support
24/07/06 One Parent Families welcomes the commitment in today's Henshaw report to tougher enforcement of child maintenance liabilities and the proposal to enable lone parents on income support to keep a significantly higher...
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Single Parents' Top Tips For The Summer Break
05/07/06 The summer school break is a great chance to spend extra time with the children but it can also bring additional pressures for Britain's 1.8 million single parents.
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"Lessons must be learned from devastating NAO report" says One Parent Families
29/06/06 Today's National Audit Office report on implementation of the 2003 child support reforms shockingly lifts the lid on the full extent of what has gone wrong at the Child Support Agency.
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Survival guide for single dads
12/06/06 In the run-up to Father's Day on 18th June, national charity One Parent Families is offering a free, Funday Activity Prize to the Single Dad who comes up with the best suggestion on how to cope well when you're raising your kids single-handedly.
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Revenue must come clean on level of tax credits error
06/06/06 One Parent Families welcomes today's call by the Treasury Select Committee for the Revenue to publish a comprehensive analysis of the incidence of official error and IT system error, along with a breakdown of all tax credits overpayments and their causes.
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Government must take rapid action on tax credits overpayments
31/05/06 Revenue figures out today showing the number of tax credits overpayments continues to be unacceptably high, will further dent lone parents' faith in the administration of the system, national charity One Parent Families is warning.
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Budget 2006 brings welcome increase in benefits for children
22/03/06 One Parent Families welcomes the Chancellor's continued commitment in Budget 2006 to increasing benefits for children in line with earnings, to providing more money for childcare and to helping more women into work...
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