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Gingerbread appoints new Chief Executive
Posted 26 July 2019
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Read the latest news on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.
Gingerbread supports legal action against the DWP to address critical failings of the Child Maintenance Service
Posted 24 June 2020
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 calls on the Government to support single parents where child maintenance payments are stopped or reduced
Posted 9 April 2020
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...
Gingerbread calls on government and employers to support single parents during Covid-19 school closures
Posted 20 March 2020
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...
New Gingerbread report highlights UK businesses missing out on single parent’s skills
Posted 11 February 2020
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...
Gingerbread calls on the new government to tackle the poverty epidemic among single parent families
Posted 16 December 2019
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...
Gingerbread responds to reports of past comments from Prime Minister Boris Johnson on children of single parents
Posted 28 November 2019
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:...
Report shows single parents held back in their careers and trapped in low paid roles
Posted 4 November 2019
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...
Gingerbread welcome SSAC’s call for social security strategy for separated parents
Posted 23 October 2019
Joe Richardson, Research and Policy Officer at Gingerbread, responds: “We welcome the focus of the SSAC’s report, which looks at how to alleviate the financial, emotional and psychological hardships that separated parents and their children can...
Gingerbread supports the Trussell Trust’s #5WeeksTooLong campaign
Posted 19 September 2019
As the Trust continues to urge the Government to end the five week wait for Universal Credit (UC), their latest policy report reveals that the longer the new benefits system has been rolled out in...
Gingerbread responds to new research from StepChange
Posted 18 September 2019
At Gingerbread, we know that debt is a big issue for many single parents. Our helpline team takes lots of calls on money issues and we regularly hear of the wide-reaching effects of debt on...