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Read the latest news on Gingerbread’s work and the issues affecting single parent families today.

New Gingerbread report finds single parents with pre-school children in London face distinct challenges to job-seeking under Universal Credit

Posted 29 September 2020

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...

Centenary report shows more single parents working, yet poverty still rising

Posted 21 February 2018

Our new report, One in four: single parent families in the UK, has been released to mark 100 years of Gingerbread’s work. In the centenary report, we profile single parents in the UK today and how...

Universal Credit job seeking requirements risk pushing single parents with young children into poverty

Posted 1 November 2017

165,000 single parents of pre-school aged children are at increased risk of poverty and debt as a result of new work search conditions placed on them under Universal Credit, finds new research published by Gingerbread...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced more support for parents to help pay for childcare

Posted 25 January 2017

Gingerbread welcomes introduction of new childcare deposit scheme that will make it easier for single parents to enter work in London Gingerbread welcomed the introduction of a new childcare deposit scheme across all organisations in the Greater...

London elections response

Posted 9 May 2016

Gingerbread responds to election of Sadiq Khan as London mayor, hopes to work with him on childcare. In response to the London mayoral elections Gingerbread Chief Executive Fiona Weir said: “We look forward to working with the...

London’s mayoral candidates support childcare deposit campaign

Posted 3 May 2016

Candidates from main parties share plans to make childcare more affordable. Candidates from the five main political parties taking part in the London mayoral elections have all shared what they will do to support parents facing...

High cost of childcare locking many single parents out of work

Posted 30 March 2016

New report from Gingerbread examines impact of childcare costs on single parent employment. Thousands of London’s single parents are being locked out of employment due to the prohibitive cost of childcare, according to a new report by...

Thousands of single parents will miss out under Childcare Bill

Posted 24 January 2016

Gingerbread’s analysis of new policy reveals harm it will cause to single parents. 20,000 single parents will be excluded from extended hours childcare under plans set out in the new Childcare Bill. Gingerbread, the charity for single...

30 free hours of childcare – Gingerbread response

Posted 26 August 2015

Government announces greater access to free childcare, with important implications for single parents. Responding to the government’s announcement that 30 free hours of childcare for 3 and 4 year olds will begin next September, Gingerbread Chief...