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...

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...

The government’s new child maintenance strategy shows it is listening to the concerns raised by Gingerbread and single parents,[1] but still leaves question marks as to whether the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is fit for...

Notes [1] Gingerbread’s response to the DWP’s consultation. [2] Child maintenance avoidance describes when a paying parent minimises their declared income, which is used to calculate maintenance owed, thereby paying far less than they can afford. [3] Parents...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gingerbread responds to findings of investigation into contract between HMRC and Concentrix, which failed to help single parents entitled to child maintenance The National Audit Office (NAO) report into the contract between HMRC and Concentrix is...