The bizarre suggestion from the Department for Work and Pensions to charge lone parents for chasing the absent parent for maintenance would hit women because 92% of lone parents are women.
It is true, too, that the 35-hour assumption is not imposed during the first year of self-employment, and that it can be flexed for the likes of lone parents, for whom it might only be practical to do shorter hours.
However, as the MCS did not collect data on non-resident fathers, our study does not include lone parents for whom the impact of a PTB or sick infant may be even more detrimental due to a lack of support from a partner.
There will be more help for lone parents of children over five to find work.
In the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom and New Zealand, childcare costs for a lone parent can account for between one-third and a half of net income," the OECD said in its report Society at a Glance 2016, which checks on the wellbeing of households across member states.
The threshold is £16,850 for a single person, £25,600 for a lone parent with one child and £36,060 for a single breadwinner with two children.
The SDP was about thinking through effective strategies to improve social justice in a way that was economically viable". As director of the National Council for One Parent Families from 1985 to 1995 (during which she became a lone parent herself), Slipman campaigned for social justice and job opportunities.
The financial security of single parents, already hard hit by austerity and welfare reform policies, looks likely to deteriorate further over the next two years, according to a study by Gingerbread, the charity for lone parent families.
Not specifically for single parent families but work sclosely with Gingerbread - the support organisation for lone parent families.
