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A list of the most recent items found in the national press of interest to single parents.
In the news
A list of the most recent items found in the national press of interest to single parents.
- Plan to halve child poverty still off course
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Ministers are bracing themselves for new figures on Tuesday showing they are still nowhere near meeting their target of halving child poverty by 2010. 07/06/2008
- Summit agrees new measures to tackle fuel poverty
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Energy companies today promised to renew their efforts to help tens of thousands of low-income households out of fuel poverty. 23/04/2008
- The cost of caring
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Just as Labour announced that it had beaten a target to open 2,500 children's centres, the Tory-leaning Policy Exchange proposed overhauling early-years care. Labour stresses the guarantee of quality care and support into work, but for Policy Exchange the watchword is choice. Targeted tax credits that help working parents meet the costs of accredited care would be scrapped, and replaced with a £55 flat-rate parental care allowance, paid regardless of circumstance. The eye-catching scheme has an obvious appeal to mothers who choose to stay at home - as well as to traditionalists who want to encourage them to stay there. 22/04/2008
- One-parent families fear cuts forced by crunch
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As the money-market problems worsen, indebted single parents are having to economise - even on essentials such as food. 23/03/2008
- Sure Start young 'behave better'
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The government is enhancing Sure Start children's centres in the most disadvantaged parts of England, as research shows they benefit toddlers 04/03/2008
- Better times
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In an eye-wateringly tight budget, the chancellor found room to help pensioners with their fuel bills, and - more importantly still - redoubled the efforts to support poor children. 14/03/2008
- Budget: Families
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Three measures announced yesterday are expected to lift up to 250,000 children out of poverty, according to Alistair Darling. 13/03/2008
- Play: the Swedish way
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British policymakers frequently cite Sweden as a good example of childcare provision, so what do the two countries do differently? 11/03/2008
- Package to lift 200,000 children out of poverty
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Package to lift 200,000 children out of poverty is welcomed but more investment is vital, say family groups. 13/03/2008
- Complex council tax rebate rules cost poor £1.8bn, Treasury told
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Poor families are missing out on council tax rebates worth £1.8bn a year because the rules for claiming relief are complex and poorly advertised, local authority leaders will tell the Treasury today. 07/03/2008
- Whitehall forecasts child poverty failure
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The government has officially admitted it is unlikely to meet its target of halving child poverty by 2010. The admission, a fortnight before the budget, has emerged from a Department for Work and Pensions productivity study. 03/03/2008
- DIY child support deals will hurt lone parents, warn campaigners
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Legislation going through parliament to replace the discredited Child Support Agency will enable parents on benefits to do their own deals rather than using the CSA or its successor body. 02/03/2008
- Worrying words
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Get a job or lose your house. Give up drugs or lose your income. Do skills training or pay the price. Such posturing from ministers over recent days has created the impression that the welfare state is being refashioned into a system of punishment. Thankfully, much of the unthinkingly tough talk is not being translated into action. 29/02/2008
- Darling in pre-budget talks as child poverty target slips
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The chancellor, Alistair Darling, is holding urgent pre-budget talks with the prime minister and senior cabinet colleagues in a last-ditch push to use the March 12 budget to meet the government's target of halving child poverty by 2010. 28/02/2008
- Home or away?
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Single parents are finding themselves at the centre of a political tug-of-love, but is forcing them back into the workforce earlier really the answer? 25/02/2008
- Parents’ ignorance of first aid is endangering childrens’ lives
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According to a recent readers’ survey which canvassed 2,000 parents, 90% of respondents admit to being ignorant of the most basic first aid guidelines. This is extremely alarming when you look at the numbers of accidents that take place at home. 12/02/2008
- Every child in school numbered for life
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All 14-year-old children in England will have their personal details and exam results placed on an electronic database for life under a plan to be announced tomorrow. 13/02/2008
- Home truths
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One favoured cliche in the new Labour lexicon is the promise to "hit the ground running". The new housing minister, Caroline Flint, seems bent on living up to it. After less than a fortnight in the job, she used an interview in yesterday's Guardian to hint that anyone wanting a council house could soon be required to seek work. Her tough talk flattered reactionary ideas about the poor. It is doubtful that the "commitment contracts" she proposes for tenants will ever become a reality. But underneath the gimmicks she may have real concerns about social housing. By drawing attention to them, Ms Flint may yet serve a useful purpose. 06/02/2008
- Children of nine may get sex advice packs
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Parents could be sent sex advice packs when their children reach the age of nine, under a controversial new drive to cut teenage pregnancies being considered by the Government. 29/01/2008
- Fight poverty, not the poor
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Labour wants welfare to help people work, Tories want it to be punitive. 02/01/2008
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Plan to halve child poverty still off course
