Single Parents in 2023
Posted 21 March 2023
We designed this research to provide an up-to-date picture of what it means to be a single parent in the UK in 2023, and to see what has changed since we produced our last report...
Published on 10 September 2018
The benefit cap is not fit for purpose for single parent families. The policy also does not fulfil government intentions for the welfare system or wider society.
The benefit cap should be abandoned, given its failings. Should the government persist, action is urgently needed to review the policy to ensure consistency with the wider welfare system and fairness for families with children.
Should the government persist with the benefit cap, a fairer policy would see: