A new report published today by Gingerbread, the leading charity supporting single parent families, finds single parents with pre-school aged children in London face particular barriers to job-seeking under Universal Credit.  This group of single...

Findings of a new survey released today by Mumsnet and Gingerbread on the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) show: 86% say the CMS has allowed their ex to financially control or abuse them post-separation Nine out of ten...

Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, is partnering with Mumsnet and the Good Law Project (GLP) to support four women who have sent a Letter Before Claim to notify the Department for Work and...

Gingerbread, the charity that supports single parent families, is aware that due to the COVID-19 crisis the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be allowing parents who pay child maintenance to stop or reduce...

As schools and nurseries across the country close in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, many single parents will be worried about the challenges ahead and the impact on their families.  Gingerbread is calling on the...

A report published today by Gingerbread, the charity that supports single parent families, reveals that UK businesses are missing out on valuable workplace skills due to structural barriers which limit opportunities for single parents to...

As the new Conservative government is announced, Gingerbread calls for urgent action to reduce poverty among single parent families through policies that improve living standards for the 1 in 4 UK families headed by single...

Reports today have brought to light negative comments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the children of single parents in a column published in 1995. Faye Goldman, Interim Communications and Policy Director at Gingerbread responds:...

With nearly half (49%) of children in single parent households living in poverty, low pay and financial hardship is a critical issue for many single parent families.  In-work progression is a key way for single...

A new Gingerbread report published today reveals that, despite having the skills and motivation to progress in work, single parents are being unfairly blocked from career progression by factors outside of their control.

We are delighted to announce that Victoria Benson has been appointed as Gingerbread’s new Chief Executive Officer. Victoria joins us from Macmillan Cancer Support, one of the UK’s largest charitable organisations, where she was Director of...