Over the past few weeks, Gingerbread’s policy and campaigns team have been busy attending the Liberal Democrat, Labour and ...

In today’s King’s Speech, His Majesty King Charles outlined the government’s legislative priorities for the year ahead but, disappointingly, plans to reform the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Wednesday this week, the government announced stricter requirements on ‘conditionality’. These requirements will affect parents on Universal Credit with children aged 3-12. This is a change we have ...

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 ...

Gingerbread is calling on the government to fix the CMS. Will you join our campaign to ensure that children get the financial support they need? Today we’ve published our new report on the impact of ...

Baroness Sherlock, the Minister responsible for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), has responded to our open letter, which called for five key principles to guide the forthcoming service ...

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, ...

Too many single parents face barriers to finding and staying in work . By becoming a single-parent-friendly accredited employer, you can: Attract and retain talented staff Boost your equality, ...