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Press releases 2008
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Government watchdog slams lone parent work requirements: changes will increase numbers seeking work at time of rising unemployment
06/10/08 Government today announced that it will go ahead with plans to force lone parents to actively seek work, despite a strong recommendation from the independent Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) that they do not proceed. Watchdog slams lone parent work requirement
Prime Minister hears End Child Poverty campaign call
 06/10/08 The Campaign to End Child Poverty met the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, on Saturday.
Campaign chairman Martin Narey and director Hilary Fisher were accompanied by trustees Kate Green, Pauls Ennals and Jasmine Whitbread. Prime Minister hears campaign call
Move to future-proof child poverty target applauded
23/09/08 One Parent Families|Gingerbread applauds Gordon Brown's decision to embed in law the 2020 target to eradicate child poverty which is fantastic news for the nation's children. Future-proof child poverty target applauded
Put children first in separation 'crossfire', say over 90% in new poll
31/07/08 1 in 3 kids will experience parental separation, yet services don't tackle conflict and emotional support say charities - as national debate launches. Put children first in separation 'crossfire'
One Parent Families|Gingerbread helps parents on benefit keep their child maintenance
22/07/08 After months of intensive lobbying led by One Parent Families|Gingerbread, we're delighted that the Government has announced that single parents on income support will be able to keep all of any child maintenance they receive... Parents on benefit to keep their child maintenance
Childrens' well-being is missing from Green Paper
21/07/08 Commenting today on the Welfare Reform Green Paper... Childrens' well-being is missing from Green Paper
Lone parents wants skills - not forced courses
12/06/08 Responding to the Government’s announcement today that it will consult on compelling lone parents to take part in training, single parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread criticised the Government’s approach... Lone parents wants skills - not forced courses
Volunteers week 2008 - 1 to 7 June
 02/06/08 Volunteers' Week (1-7 June) is the UK's annual celebration of the work volunteers do. In support of this One Parent Families|Gingerbread want to recognise our volunteers and the work that they do throughout the year. ... Volunteers week 2008 - 1 to 7 June
Charities call for next generation of tax credits to ‘build on progress'
20/05/08 Following the publication of today's HMRC figures showing that tax credit overpayments have reduced by £700 million, four leading charities have called on the Government to build on this improvement to introduce the ‘next generation' of tax credits. Next tax credits should 'build on progress'
Government must prove family friendly credentials
13/05/08 On the eve of the draft Queen's Speech single parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread is urging the Government to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of children aged up to 18. ... Government must prove family friendly credentials
The Taste of Wales - it’s gingerbread...
 13/05/08 It must be the tastiest map of Wales ever, created from nearly 400 individual gingerbread people.
The delicious diagram was created by One Parent Families|Gingerbread and the BBC Wales Promotions and... BBC Wales promotes One Parent Families|Gingerbread
Budget 2008 makes child poverty a priority
12/03/08 Single parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread, a member of the Campaign to End Child Poverty, has welcomed Alastair Darling's first Budget which puts tackling child poverty at its heart and keeps the 2010 target to halve child poverty within sight. Budget 2008 makes child poverty a priority
New research shows women and children lose out in divorce
05/03/08 Drawing attention to research published today showing that women with children see substantial drops in their income after separation or divorce, single parent family charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread called... Women and children lose out in divorce
Single parent charity calls for action on child poverty and warns about sanctions for parents
03/03/08 Single Parent family charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread, a member of the Campaign to End Child Poverty, today welcomed the publication of the Work and Pensions Select Committee's report into eradicating child poverty... Warning about sanctions for parents
One Parent Families|Gingerbread welcomes new Chief Executive
13/02/08 National charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread is pleased to announce the appointment of Fiona Weir as its new Chief Executive. Appointment of Fiona Weir as new Chief Executive
Cameron plans will penalise poorest parents
08/01/08 David Cameron claimed in 2006 that weapons had been put beyond use in the Conservative war on lone parents but today's announcement that the Party would introduce drastic benefit cuts and workfare for lone parents... Cameron plans will penalise poorest parents
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Press releases 2007
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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. Support for parents with secondary school children
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. Alan Johnson’s comments on lone parenthood
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... Barriers to work ignored by strong-arm approach
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. Worrying lack of detail on child support reform
Charity merger boosts support for lone parents
19/03/07 The two leading national charities representing the interests of Britain's 1.8 million lone parents and their 3 million children have agreed in principle to merge. Gingerbread and One Parent Families to merge
Child-friendly chancellor gives boost to lone parents
21/03/07 The National Council for One Parent Families warmly welcomed the Chancellor's Budget today, confirming his support for all families. One Parent Families response to 2007 Budget
Disappointing figures on child poverty show need for urgent action
27/03/07 National charity One Parent Families today called for the Government to take urgent action to tackle the worrying increase in child poverty announced in today's Households Below Average Income figures. [1] Child poverty increasing - urgent action needed
CSA 'Still in intensive care' despite recovery plan says One Parent Families
26/04/07 New statistics from the Child Support Agency suggest that its three-year Operational Improvement Plan, which began a year ago, has not yet radically improved the Agency's performance. Figures suggest CSA is still in intensive care
Overpayments recovery still causing heartache for lone parents
22/05/07 Figures published today by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs(1) show that nearly a third of tax credit claimants in 2005-06 received an overpayment, including 299,000 awards to lone parent families. Overpayments recovery still causing heartache
Thank you to our hundreds of volunteers
01/06/07 Thank you to hundreds of volunteers who help make Gingerbread: The National Council for One Parent Families a success... Thank you to our volunteers!
New Voice for Lone Parents - Gingerbread and One Parent Families merge
04/06/07 The three million children being brought up by a parent on their own have won a new voice following the merger of Britain's two leading lone parent organisations, Gingerbread and the National Council for One Parent Families. ... Gingerbread and One Parent Families merge
Child maintenance must work for children says National Council for One Parent Families (incorporating Gingerbread)
06/06/07 The real test of today's Child Maintenance Bill is whether the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) can actually deliver for children in separated families and help to tackle the scandal of child poverty. Child maintenance must work for children
No bias in favour of lone parents
13/06/07 One Parent Families|Gingerbread refutes the suggestion stemming from today's report from think-tank Reform that lone parents are better off than couple-families as a result of the tax credits and benefits system. No bias in favour of lone parents
PAC Report on CSA: the lessons must be learned says One Parent Families|Gingerbread
05/07/07 Today's report from the Public Accounts Committee is a searing account of the failure of the 2003 reforms of the Child Support Agency, exposing the fact that the scheme went ahead despite warnings of 14 critical... Reported failure of the 2003 reforms of the CSA
Tory proposals for tax breaks on marriage will do nothing to tackle poverty
09/07/07 In advance of the publication of the Conservative's proposals on 'social justice', single parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread warned that the widely trailed promotion of tax breaks for marriage would do nothing to tackle child poverty. Tax breaks for marriage won't tackle child poverty
Big-stick tactics will rebound on children
18/07/07 One Parent Families|Gingerbread strongly criticises the Government's proposal to require lone parents whose youngest child is 12 to be available for work from 2008 and, from 2010, those whose youngest child is seven. Punitive approach for non-working lone parents
Single parent charity condemns Tory family stance
10/07/07 One Parent Families|Gingerbread has welcomed proposals in today's Conservative report Breakthrough Britain for better relationship education, joined -up services for separated families and investment in childrens'... Single parent charity condemns Tory family stance
Single parent charity welcomes law commission proposals to give new rights to cohabiting couples
31/07/07 Single parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread today welcomed the Law Commission's proposals for the reform of the law relating to the financial consequences of relationship breakdown. New rights for cohabiting couples
Sinners, Scroungers, Saints: Lone mothers, past and present
October 2007 Women's Library exhibition 17 October 2007 - 29 March 2008.
The Women's Library continues its programme of groundbreaking exhibitions with Sinners, Scroungers, Saints: Lone mothers past and present. 'Sinners, Scroungers, Saints' exhibition
Single parent charity highlights negligible increase in lone parenthood over the past ten years.
04/10/07 Commenting today on figures from the Office for National Statistics showing that the proportion of families who are lone parents has increased by less than one per cent over the past ten years... Negligible increase in lone parenthood over 10 yrs
Lone parent charity welcomes investment in children in poorest families
10/10/07 Lone parent charity One Parent Families|Gingerbread welcomes the Chancellor's Pre Budget Report announcement of a significant increase in the amount of child maintenance that parents on benefits can keep before their benefits are reduced. Pre-budget report - investment in poor families
Charity refutes Cameron stance
16/10/07 One Parent Families|Gingerbread today challenged David Cameron to set out how he would help children in one parent families to escape poverty, and refuted suggestions that the tax and benefit system was encouraging families to separate. Charity refutes Cameron stance
Adopting US welfare reforms would mean more poverty, not less
12/12/07 Commenting today on Chris Grayling's announcement that the Conservatives would adopt the 'Wisconsin' welfare reform model and force lone parents of four year olds out to work (and of 11 year olds full time...) ... US style welfare reforms would mean more poverty
Herding lone parents into Jobcentres is wrong Plan for children', says One Parent Families|Gingerbread
13/12/07 In the same week that Government announced, through the Children's Plan', that it would be putting the needs of children first, it has told lone parents whose children are as young as seven that they must look for work. Herding lone parents into Jobcentres is wrong Plan
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