With arguments about welfare benefits, child poverty and 'broken Britain' likely to air for some time yet, Gingerbread and Netmums wanted to know what single parents' priorities were for the new government in three key areas of their lives: money, work and family. So we asked them, in a survey sent to the Gingerbread membership and posted on the Netmums website over the winter of 2009/10.
Their key priorities are:
Longer repayment periods for overpaid benefits and tax credits
More financial help with childcare
More funding for independent advice services
More out-of-school activities for older children
More support for parents when their relationship is breaking down
More support for children at school if their parents separate
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