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Households Below Average Income (HBAI) figures show progress
13/3/03 Figures announced today (Households Below Average Income) show 54% of children in one-parent families are poor - 1.7 million of them compared to 22% of children in couples.
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Start date for CSA reforms
27/1/03 The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes today's announcement that after a long delay, reforms to the CSA will be implemented from 3rd March.
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Tax Credit increase needed
3/4/03 The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes the new tax credits which start up on 6th April but warns that further increases in the level of child tax credit will be needed if the Government is to meet its child poverty target.
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Childcare Strategy warning for Government
4/7/02
The Government will fail to meet its targets of enabling 70% of lone parents to be in work and halving child poverty by 2010, unless it invests substantially more in childcare, two leading charities warn today.
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Crucial help for lone parents
29/10/02
One in four families today is headed by a lone parent, and they are among Britain's poorest, often relying on benefits and even losing their homes.
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Warning over CSA delays from One Parent Families
13/8/02
The National Council for One Parent Families is expressing concern at the prospect of long delays in implementing CSA reforms, following a media report suggesting the changes could be postponed until Summer 2003.
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New Education and Return to Work guides published
29/10/02
The National Council for One Parent Families has published three new guides for lone parents who want to move into education, training or employment. Funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group...
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Free guide to Benefits and Tax for lone parents
5/9/02
The National Council for One Parent Families has published a new lone parents' guide to benefits and tax. The free guide, which is funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, includes information about the new tax credits system...
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Government risks failing to make work pay
16/12/02
In the light of new evidence that the Government risks missing its child poverty targets, National Council for One Parent Families has modeled and costed the policy reforms that would help the Government hit the mark.
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Holidays guide for lone parents launched
14/5/02
Single parents can often feel that life is all work and no play. But the National Council for One Parent Families' new, free Holidays guide shows there are ways of taking a low-cost break and easing the strain.
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J K Rowling backs call for Social Fund Reform
15/4/02
The Government must overhaul the Social Fund (SF) if it is to meet its target of eradicating child poverty, say three major charities in the field.
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Launch of joint British Freephone Helpline
25/3/02
The National Council for One Parent Families has linked up with the two Scottish lone parent charities - One Parent Families (Scotland) and One Plus 1+ - to create the first British Freephone helpline for lone parents...
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Poverty figures show pace of change too slow
11/4/02
Poverty figures published today, show the Government needs to ratchet up its efforts if it is to reach its target of eradicating child poverty within a generation, says the National Council for One Parent Families.
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Pre-Budget Report
27/11/02
The National Council for One Parent Families is looking for reform announcements on Tax Credits, the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) and the Social Fund, in tomorrow's Pre Budget Report (PBR).
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Pre-Budget Announcement
28/11/02
The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes the Government's recognition in today's Pre Budget Report of the need for action on childcare, family friendly policies and on the Social Fund but is pressing the Government for further investment.
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One Parent Families welcomes Spending Review
29/10/02
The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes today's Spending Review announcements on extra money for childcare and on the roll-out of Education Maintenance Allowances.
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Top authors work Magic for One Parent Families
28/6/02
Forward sales of Magic, the collection of short stories co-edited by the Chancellor's wife Sarah Brown, have so far raised £50,000 for The National Council for One Parent Families, the charity announced today.
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One Parent Families welcomes Budget 2002
17/4/02
The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes the level of Child Tax Credit announced in the Budget today as a significant move forward for lone parents and their children but urges further increases.
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Welcome for Tax Credits
29/10/02
The National Council for One Parent Families welcomes the new tax credits - due in 2003 - and the Government's investment in a campaign to raise awareness of them.
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