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One Parent Families|Gingerbread’s response to new proposals on welfare reform
No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility: A Response to the Green Paper 

October 2008 ...


New report on the financial consequences of domestic violence


New research reveals child poverty costs the UK 25bn a year
New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals that child poverty has costs to the whole of society, as well as for the children who grow up missing out. You can read a copy of the research here:


A response to Tax Credits: Improving Delivery and Choice.
May 2008 ...


Response to Commission on Social Mobility consultation
May 2008...


Budget submission 2008: Charity calls on Chancellor for action on Child Poverty.
February 2008 ...


Sustainable employment and skills – Questions arising from Opportunity, Employment and Progression: making skills work
January 2008


Lone parents, employment and poverty in London: A response to the proposals from the London Skills and Employment Board

January 2008
Download the full paper below.

This paper considers the position of lone parents and their children, in response to the proposals published by the London Skills and Employment Board (LSEB).


Time to talk: A response from One Parent Families|Gingerbread
October 2007

We welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation. It is estimated that between one third and one half of all children will spend some time living as part of a family headed by a lone parent.


Submission to the work and pensions select committee's enquiry into child poverty
September 2007 The best start in life? Alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility and eradicating child poverty.

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  Fringe meetings at party conferences 2007 - report
One Parent Families|Gingerbread was touring the seaside towns this autumn, putting the case for lone parents at all three major party political conferences.


Pre budget report: tackling child poverty

2 October 2007
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A Response to the proposals in ‘Breakthrough Britain’
July 2007 We welcome the sustained attention paid by the Commission for Social Justice to the problems of poverty and social exclusion, and the commitment of the Conservative party to meeting the Government's target to eliminate child poverty by 2020.


Adding up: The range and impact of school costs on families

Citizens Advice policy briefing, September 2007
The Government has a commitment to ending child poverty and improving educational attainment. For the vast majority of children, securing a decent education is a critical factor in determining success in adult life.


Reform of the Social fund


April 2007 - Submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee



Child Poverty Action Group, Save the Children, Family Welfare Association...


Budget 2007 - letter to Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP

Sent to The Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury
02/03/07 We wrote to you recently to set out our priorities for this year's Comprehensive Spending Review, and to stress the importance of tackling poverty for children in one-parent families.


Westminster Hall Debate on Child Poverty, 6th March 2007 - A briefing from One Parent Families
Introduction

One Parent Families is the national charity supporting the three million children who live with a lone parent today. We aim to tackle the poverty...


Children First - tackling poverty in one-parent families.
January 2007 One Parent Families submission to the Government's 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review in which we argue that the first priority must be to tackle child poverty.


The Department for Work and Pensions Child Poverty Strategy: A submission from One Parent Families
November 2006 One Parent Families welcomes the news that the Department for Work and Pensions is renewing its child poverty strategy. Ending the poverty faced by lone parents and their children has always been our first priority...


End Child Poverty Month
End Child Poverty Month took place from International Day of Poverty on 17 October to Universal Children's Day on 20 November 2006. The month brought to the fore the issue of Child Poverty in the UK, highlighting the causes and consequences and suggesting solutions.

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