Read the latest news and views on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
16th Mar 2022
At Gingerbread, we are hearing from many single parents who have big concerns about soaring food and fuel costs and the ability of their budgets to stretch even further. In fact, Gingerbread’s helpline has seen...
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10th Mar 2022
by Laura Dewar Policy and Research Lead Gingerbread today published the interim findings of The Single Parent Employment Challenge research report, looking at job loss and job seeking for single parents after the pandemic. The interim report...
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3rd Mar 2022
by Ceri Smith, Head of Policy and Campaigns The National Audit Office (NAO) has today published a landmark report into the Child Maintenance Service. It paints a stark picture of how the CMS simply isn’t working...
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3rd Mar 2022
The National Audit Office (NAO) have today published a report highlighting that, in spite of government reform, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is falling short of delivering the support that families need. The NAO report found...
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18th Feb 2022
The cost-of-living crisis is biting for households across the UK. Soaring food and fuel costs, coupled with scant help from this Government, are a reality that’s hard to bear for many on low incomes. It’s...
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9th Feb 2022
Single parents in Camden may be able to access funding to help with rising living costs and energy bills. Part of a government scheme to help those experiencing severe hardship, the Household Support Fund could offer...
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4th Feb 2022
Yesterday’s announcements on energy prices and the rising cost of living will be deeply worrying for the UK’s 1.8 million single parent families, many of whom have already faced a sustained squeeze on their finances...
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20th Jan 2022
Making the Child Maintenance Service Work for Single Parent Families This was one of the reasons the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Single Parent Families met in January to discuss how the CMS must be improved...
In December 2021, it was revealed that since the formation of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) in 2012, there has been over £435.9 million in unpaid child maintenance owed through its Collect and Pay service.
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13th Jan 2022
Research from the DCP has shown that 97% of parents with a disabled child do not believe the public understands the challenges they face. With nearly half (43%) of the British public unfamiliar with anyone...
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11th Jan 2022
Your experiences will help us to develop Gingerbread’s evidence base for our influencing efforts across London and nationally. We know that your time is precious so the interview will take no longer than 45 minutes. Interviews will be held throughout January and will be at a time that suits you,...
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