The benefit cap limits the total amount a household can receive in social security payments. Single-parent families make up the majority of those affected by the cap, accounting for 70% of capped ...

Being a single parent can bring many rewards, and also new challenges. Whether you’ve just become single, or are about to be, or have been for ages, it’s good to inform yourself so that you can make ...

We are fighting to create a world where all single parents and their children thrive. We’re excited to support our fundraiser, Zoe, as she takes on the AJ Bell Great South Run in Portsmouth this ...

This report, funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, shows the impact of Univesrsal Credit (UC) sanctions on single parents. We worked with our partners Himmah and Home-Start Lambeth to ...

Thanks to all of you who invited your MP, in just an hour and a half, we were able to meet almost 20 MPs or representatives from their offices. They listened to voice notes from single parents about ...

Earlier this month, the government released its response to the House of Lords Public Services Committee’s Reforming the Child Maintenance Service report, detailing which of the recommendations it ...

Today we published a joint briefing exploring the experiences of victim-survivors of domestic abuse with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Developed in collaboration with Surviving Economic Abuse, ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published new analysis showing the impact of motherhood on women’s employment and earnings, and the findings are stark. The study, which uses ...

Work and Pensions Minister Alison McGovern has confirmed that reform of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will form part of the government’s child poverty strategy. This was a key ask of Gingerbread ...

Earlier this week the government announced big changes to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Many single parents have been asking us what this will mean for them. Firstly, nothing is changing ...