After years of campaigning by Gingerbread, other organisations including Citizen’s Advice and Save the Children, alongside campaigning parents, the Government is making substantial and very welcome changes to the way parents on Universal Credit (UC)...

A legal case challenging the persistent failure of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to take “proper or effective steps” to recover maintenance payments from absent parents, has been given the green light to go ahead...

With Jeremy Hunt due to announce his Budget in Parliament on 15th March, we have seen some welcome attention in the media on the costs of childcare in recent weeks, and rumours that the Chancellor...

This week two new Bills (or draft laws) on how the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) works will take one step closer to becoming law. Both Bills have been developed and introduced by Conservative backbench MPs. On Wednesday,...

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that from the 9th February, cohabiting parents with dependent children who need support following the death of their partner will be able to apply for bereavement...

The Government has announced new powers for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to better support survivors of domestic abuse who wish to claim child maintenance from their ex-partners. A review into the Child Maintenance...

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We welcome the Committee’s findings and we’re pleased that they have taken on board Gingerbread’s evidence and proposed policy changes. Single parents want to work and many of those who are already working want to...

The Bill We welcome the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill introduced by Sally-Ann Hart MP. We believe, however, that it does not go far enough in making the fundamental changes needed to the system of...