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The cost of a free education - graphic 		  One Parent Families campaigns to help families meet the costs of schooling
September 2005 The Government is committed to eradicating child poverty and promoting inclusion in schools. Yet increasing insistence on the importance of a distinctive uniform to promote school identity...


The whole picture, please: Single parenthood is not an economic choice

Published in The Guardian website on Friday January 21, 2005
September 2005 Policy debate seems to have entered a time warp, with a report out today (21/01/05) suggesting that the benefit system substantially favours lone parents over couple families.


Memorandum to the Treasury Select Committee from One Parent Families: Tax Credits
October 2005 Tax credits now provide one of the main sources of financial support to lone parents. As at April 2005 there were 2.1 million single adults with children claiming tax credits.


Parental contact after separation: Keeping the focus on the well-being of children
October 2005 The Children and Adoption bill proposes to introduce contact activities (e.g. information sessions and counselling) and additional penalties (namely financial compensation and community work) where parents do not comply with contact orders.


Current Child Support Agency Performance
September 2005 - Latest number of Child Support Agency cases

The Child Support Agency (CSA) is currently dealing with around 1.43 million cases.


Tax credits – the way forward: A discussion paper from One Parent Families
October 2005 Tax Credits have had a major impact in reducing poverty amongst lone parents and their children, helping to cut the child poverty rate by an estimated six per cent, and enabling many to enter employment.


Letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on Child Poverty and Welfare Reform
November 2005

Dear John Hutton

Child Poverty and Welfare Reform.

May we first congratulate you on your appointment as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Jobcentre Plus: A Memorandum to the Work and Pensions Select Committee from One Parent Families
November 2005 Jobcentre Plus is the key delivery agency for the Government's target to have 70 per cent of lone parents in work by 2010. There has been substantial progress towards this target...

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