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Government must re-double efforts to end child poverty
16/03/06 Almost half of all children in one- parent families live in poverty and, disappointingly, poverty in one parent families has remained unchanged over the past year.
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Charities join up to put children’s rights first
01/03/06 One Parent Families, the leading charity for single parents and their children, and Relate, the UK's largest provider of relationship support, are urging Ministers and MPs to hold fast to the principle that a child's...
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New premium payment welcome but extra hassle won't help
24/01/06 Commenting on today's Welfare Reform Green Paper proposals, One Parent Families welcomes the extra help for lone parents who are ready and want to work, especially the £20 bonus for work-related activity.
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Coping with Christmas - and Dealing with Debt: Bank and leading charities publish single parents' survival guide
01/12/05 A single parents' checklist for coping with Christmas has been drawn-up to ease the pressure of the holiday period on the one in four mums and dads raising their children single-handedly.
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New information reveals CSA mountain to climb
27/10/05 New statistics published today reveal for the first time the full extent of the mountain the Child Support Agency has to climb if it is to deliver an acceptable level of service to parents claiming child maintenance.
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Single parents applaud today's announcement on tax credit reform
27/10/05 One Parent Families has today warmly welcomed the Government's decision to postpone, from next month, the recovery of tax credit overpayments in cases where the overpayment is disputed by a claimant.
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Two cheers for the work and families bill
19/10/05 Commenting on today's Work & Families Bill, One Parent Families Chief Executive Chris Pond said...
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Gordon Brown attends launch of new partnership to support lone parent families
19/07/05 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown, today attended the launch of an initiative to bring a unique package of help to disadvantaged lone parents.
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One Parent Families welcomes new Chief Executive
04/07/05 National charity One Parent Families is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Pond as its new Chief Executive. Chris is a former Work and Pensions Minister and ex-Director of the Low Pay Unit.
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Today's Revenue figures show need for tax credit reform
01/06/05 One Parent Families is today pressing for reform of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs' (HMRC, formerly the Inland Revenue) method of recovering tax credit overpayments as HMRC figures out today show an unacceptably high number of overpayments for 2003-04.
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Nick Hornby novel highlights need for new service for one parent families living with a disability
10/05/05 In the week in which Nick Hornby’s just-published novel, A Long Way Down, has highlighted the strain on lone parents raising a child with a disability...
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National charity launches online, one-stop Helpdesk for lone parents
12/04/05 Lone parents can now get instant help with a range of problems - including money worries, employment rights and family law - at the new, online, interactive Lone Parent Helpdesk.
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Still a long way to go on CSA says One Parent Families
24/03/05 Today the Government announced a new Chief Executive for the CSA, Stephen Geraghty, and has also published its response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s recent devastating report on the CSA.
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Budget 2005 underlines long-term commitment to children
16/03/05 One Parent Families welcomes today’s Budget 2005 which underlines the Chancellor’s commitment to low-income families and to giving the poorest children a decent start in life. ...
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Budget 2005 must deliver on tax credits, the New Deal and CSA
15/03/05 National charity One Parent Families will be looking to Budget 2005 for commitments to uprating the levels of support for lone parents in and out of work and to ensuring that the delivery of key anti-poverty policies is improved. ...
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It’s not all roses for mothers this Mother's Day
04/03/05 In the lead up to Mother’s Day, youth charity The Prince’s Trust warns that too many single mothers across the UK are struggling to make ends meet.
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Tax credit overpayment case studies: examples of respondents' experiences
Lone Parent A had received an overpayment of £700, due to an IR error. The claimant uncovered the mistake and attempted to resolve it through a lengthy and complicated process involving large amounts of paperwork. ...
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Single parent charity demands rethink on tax credit overpayments
25/02/05 The recovery rate for tax credit overpayments is pushing single parents into serious hardship and threatening to undermine the credits’ success in tackling poverty and increasing lone parent employment, One Parent Families is warning. ...
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Lone parent charity responds to Pathways to Work plan
03/02/2005
National charity One Parent Families welcomes the recognition in the Department for Work and Pensions five-year plan that many lone parents face complex and difficult circumstances and that an...
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Lack of childcare hampers lone parents' education chances
01/02/2005 A lack of good, affordable childcare is delaying single parents from taking up education and training chances in East London, according to new research published today.
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