General Article Child maintenance is crucial for single parents in the UK

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If you’re a single parent in the UK, you’re more likely to be struggling – more single parents than couple families have no savings, or are in social housing. But child maintenance – the money single parents receive from the child’s other parent – has the potential to really make a difference. Janet Allbeson, Senior Policy Adviser at Gingerbread, explains why the Government shouldn’t start charging for their Child Support Agency services, which help many single parents get the child maintenan...

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