Social Justice Outcomes Framework: Gingerbread's comment
Gingerbread responds to the publication of the governmentâs new Social Justice Outcomes Framework.
View ArticleGovernment claim that universal credit will always make work pay for single...
Universal credit will fail to provide all working single parent families with a route out of poverty, and act as a disincentive to work longer hours for some, reveals new report âStruggling to make...
View ArticleFlexible working announcement 'missed opportunity' for those returning to work
Gingerbread responds to the government's announcement on flexible working and shared parenting.
View ArticleChild poverty measure proposals â Gingerbread response
Gingerbread responds to the child poverty measure proposals.
View ArticleFamilies cannot afford for universal credit to fail
Gingerbread responds to the Work and Pensions Committee report on universal credit implementation.
View ArticleWork Programme figures tell bleak story for single parents
Single parents are being placed in jobs at a significantly lower rate than other Work Programme participants, with an employment rate of 2.65% compared with 3.73% for other groups, DWP statistics...
View ArticleAutumn statement tipping point for single parents
The Chancellorâs autumn statement could prove to be the tipping point for single parent families already being pushed to the brink by cuts to welfare, public services and rising living and childcare...
View ArticleAutumn statement to push thousands more into poverty
Responding to the Chancellorâs Autumn Statement, Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said: âThe Chancellorâs announcement of a real-terms cut to in and out of work benefits will hit families...
View ArticleSingle parent families to lose most in benefit bill
Gingerbread response to the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
View ArticleBenefit bill to push 200,000 more children into poverty
200,000 more children will be pushed into poverty if the cap on benefit increases at 1% is passed by government. Gingerbread responds.
View ArticleChildcare reforms must tackle costs
Gingerbread responds to the government's 'More great childcare' report.
View ArticleCouncil tax benefit cuts will spell disaster
Gingerbread response to the Resolution Foundation report on council tax benefit cuts.
View ArticleSingle parents singled out in welfare reform
More than a quarter of a million (265,000) young or disabled single parents will have support dramatically cut under universal credit reforms to be debated by MPs on Monday, according to new analysis...
View ArticleReport claims single parents are âless effectiveâ â Gingerbread response
Single parents will be hugely frustrated by the claim today that they are 'less effective'.
View ArticleUnpaid child maintenance soars by £25 million
Unpaid child maintenance in the UK soared by £25 million to £3.837bn in the last quarter of 2012, reveal statistics published by the DWP today [1].
View ArticleSingle parents ânormal part of family lifeâ
Gingerbread responds to General Lifestyle statistics from ONS, which show a rise in the proportion of single parent families since the 1970s.
View ArticleWork programme and job centre fail to deliver for single parents
The Work Programme and Jobcentre Plus need to be urgently overhauled if the government is committed to cutting single parent unemployment, finds a report published by Gingerbread today.
View ArticleChildcare support announcement â Gingerbread response
Gingerbread's response to the childcare support announcement, Tuesday 19 March 2013
View ArticleWelfare cuts âmake an unfair situation worseâ
Gingerbread response to Chancellor George Osborneâs speech on welfare reform.
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