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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.
More babies and toddlers unlawfully affected by benefit cap than ever before
Posted 3 August 2017
Analysis of new benefit cap figures shows that most vulnerable single parents are still being affected The number of babies and toddlers affected by the government’s benefit cap policy continues to rise – despite a high...
“Children Deserve More” – Child Maintenance Service loopholes deny children the support they deserve
Posted 26 June 2017
Gingerbread’s new report examines loopholes in the child maintenance system The child maintenance system is failing to ensure children receive the appropriate level of support they are entitled to, according to a new report by Gingerbread. ‘Children...
Judicial review finds benefit cap discriminates against single parents with babies and toddlers
Posted 22 June 2017
Gingerbread welcomes high court ruling that recognises benefit cap harms most vulnerable single parents Response to welcome ruling that benefit cap discriminates against most vulnerable single parents; Gingerbread provided evidence for high court case In a striking...
New regional mayors encouraged to help single parents back into work
Posted 10 May 2017
Gingerbread calls on newly elected regional mayors to back the ‘Upfront’ childcare deposit scheme The new regional mayors have been asked to commit to supporting single parent families to enter or return to work by backing...
Gingerbread welcomes Work and Pensions Select Committee findings on child maintenance
Posted 2 May 2017
New findings chime with Gingerbread’s analysis of problems in the child maintenance system Gingerbread welcomes the findings in the Work and Pensions select committee’s new report on the failings of the current child maintenance system. [1] The...
One in seven single parents hit with benefit sanctions
Posted 12 April 2017
Gingerbread’s new report looks at the impact of the benefit sanctions regime on single parents The government is systematically underestimating the risk of sanctions to single parents, according to new research from Gingerbread. “On the rise: single...
Gingerbread queries “muddled thinking” behind new government programme
Posted 4 April 2017
Gingerbread’s response to the news that controversial Troubled Families programme has received additional funding The government has today announced further funding for the Troubled Families programme, originally launched in 2012. The focus of the new phase...
Gingerbread response to National Audit Office investigation into closure of Child Support Agency
Posted 28 March 2017
Gingerbread welcomes new report investigating the closure of body previously responsible for child maintenance Gingerbread welcomes the National Audit Office (NAO) report into the closure of the Child Support Agency, which confirms the concerns that single...
Dramatic spike in child poverty for working single parent families
Posted 16 March 2017
Gingerbread’s response to shocking new child poverty figures, with nearly half of children in single parents families in poverty Nearly a half (47 per cent) of children in single parent families now live in poverty, new...
Gingerbread response to the Spring Budget 2017
Posted 8 March 2017
Gingerbread’s Chief Executive, Rosie Ferguson, responds to a Spring Budget that does little to help single parent families In response to today’s budget statement Rosie Ferguson, Chief Executive of Gingerbread said: “Increases in taxation for the self-employed...