In-work credits to single parents work
The ‘in-work credit’ paid to single parents had positive effects on getting people off benefit and into work, finds a new report from the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of...
View ArticleESRC research projects on child poverty identify barriers to mobility
Current policies are unlikely to meet child poverty targets, according to a summary of research projects by the Economic and Social Research Council, Child Poverty Casts A Long Shadow Over Social...
View ArticleChild benefits help reduce single parent poverty in Europe
A well-designed child benefits system can play a crucial role in tackling poverty among lone mothers – and in strengthening women’s autonomy – according to researchers in Antwerp studying the impact of...
View Article124,000 lone parents forced off income support onto jobseeker’s allowance
A new report has highlighted the position of 124,000 lone parents with young children who are being forced onto jobseeker’s allowance with only eight weeks’ notice.From 21 May 2012 single parents who...
View ArticleNo ‘couple penalty’ in tax and benefit system
Families on benefits are neither better nor worse off if they separate, finds a new research report. This finding is contrary to the frequently heard view that the benefits system encourages and...
View ArticleLow-earner risk from tax/universal credit interaction
People on the lowest earnings stand to lose two-thirds of the intended increase to their untaxed income when universal credit and the personal tax allowance start to interact, according to campaigners....
View ArticleTax-benefit system ‘more redistributive’ for women
Changes to the tax and benefit system over the last two decades have strengthened its ability to reduce inequalities in women's lifetime income, according to a new think-tank study. A life-cycle...
View Article‘Little gain’ for lone parents under universal credit
The new universal credit scheme will leave most lone parents with incomes that are too low to provide a decent minimum standard of living, according to a report for the campaign group Gingerbread. The...
View ArticleLone parents ‘skip meals to provide for children’
Some lone parents are skipping meals to ensure their children don't go without, according to a study examining experiences of living on a low income in a rural Scottish community. Stress over financial...
View ArticleLone parent poverty ‘key’ to women's inequality
Tackling poverty among lone mothers can play a crucial role in reducing the lifetime inequality in incomes faced by women, according to an analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The report...
View ArticleFamily allowances ‘not key’ to tackling inequality
Family allowances are less effective than policies such as childcare and parental leave in reducing household income inequality, according to a research study of a range of developed countries....
View ArticleLone mothers lose legal challenge to benefit cap
Publication date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013Three lone mothers and their children have lost a legal challenge to the coalition government's household benefit cap. Judges in the High Court ruled that...
View Article1 in 4 lone parents out of work
Publication date: Friday, January 17, 2014Almost 1 in 4 of the UK's 1.8 million lone-parent households – 650,000 in total – are not in any sort of paid employment, according to a new report from the...
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Child poverty and social exclusion
Publication date: Saturday, November 22, 2014Author/s: Gill Main and Jonathan BradshawThe final report into child poverty and social exclusion finds 30% of children lack two of more of the child...
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Research officers: interviews
Publication date: Tuesday, December 6, 2016There were four research officers who formed, along with Peter Townsend and Brian Abel-Smith, the core of the initial research team: Hilary Land (at the LSE),...
View ArticleThe extent of poverty
Publication date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017Author/s: Gill MainRead more about the first of the two-volume study based on the PSE-UK survey. Find out how poverty affects people from different groups...
View ArticleESRC research projects on child poverty identify barriers to mobility
Current policies are unlikely to meet child poverty targets, according to a summary of research projects by the Economic and Social Research Council, Child Poverty Casts A Long Shadow Over Social...
View ArticleChild benefits help reduce single parent poverty in Europe
A well-designed child benefits system can play a crucial role in tackling poverty among lone mothers – and in strengthening women’s autonomy – according to researchers in Antwerp studying the impact of...
View Article124,000 lone parents forced off income support onto jobseeker’s allowance
A new report has highlighted the position of 124,000 lone parents with young children who are being forced onto jobseeker’s allowance with only eight weeks’ notice.From 21 May 2012 single parents who...
View ArticleNo ‘couple penalty’ in tax and benefit system
Families on benefits are neither better nor worse off if they separate, finds a new research report. This finding is contrary to the frequently heard view that the benefits system encourages and...
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