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

Yesterday evening (17th August), Gingerbread’s CEO Abigail Wood, featured in BBC Panorama’s investigation into the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the impact it is having on the families who rely ...

In June 2025, the government published its response to the Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments consultation, where it announced that the CMS would be consolidated.

The latest report from Action for Children and IPPR, Work Isn’t Working, highlights a stark and troubling reality – for a growing number of children, having a parent in work no longer guarantees a ...

Luned Hunter, Campaigns Manager at Gingerbread, outlines what’s changing in the upcoming Welsh Election and why it’s important for single parents to make their voices heard. Wales is set to see a ...

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, ...

To celebrate Single Parents Day and our single parent community, we hosting a free virtual comedy night. Get ready to laugh out loud with our Stand Up For Single Parents comedy special! Join us online ...

The Education and Work and Pensions Committees have launched a joint inquiry into the Child Poverty Strategy, calling for individuals and organisations to share their views on whether the government’s ...

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 ...

Yesterday, the government published its Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, setting out an ambition to halve VAWG within the next decade. This is an important step toward tackling abuse ...

Next week (26 November), Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present the 2025 Autumn Budget. This is a key chance for the government to set out its vision for the next year and provide an update on the ...