Millions of UK households will receive £301 directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between 25 April and 17 May. This is the first of three payments totalling up to £900 for those eligible...

Whilst Gingerbread welcomes the Universal Credit childcare component increase and upfront payment, there are serious issues with the conditionality components of last week’s Budget that leave us concerned about the way single parents will be...

To mark Single Parents’ Day (21st March), Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, has released a new report and data which shows that: 76% of single parent families are in debt, with half of those...

Gingerbread welcomes the expansion of free childcare provision and changes to Universal Credit childcare payments in today’s Budget. These changes will support single parents with young children in returning to, and maintaining, employment. However we...

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,...