Single Parent Rights

🔊A new report out this week from and highlights how work isn't working.

🧑‍🧒‍🧒As single parents, many of us know this already.

📈The statistics say it all: of all children growing up in poverty today, 7 in 10 are in a family with at least one parent in work. And we know things are harder for single parents.

While 21% of children in two parent families where at least one parent is in work are in poverty, that rises to 30% for single parent families. And for single parent families, there's no option of a second earner.

This is why we were so pleased to see the recommendations in the report include something we have long been calling for:

👉 Increased UC work allowance for single parents.

This would allow single parents to earn more before the taper rate is applied to UC, and would also increase the earnings at which people are no longer eligible for UC support.

💡So little policy specifically considers single parents needs, but of course if you have only one adult you don't have the same options as a family with two adults. That's why we keep pushing for single parents to be part of every policy design process.

The report includes lots of other great recommendations we've been pushing for too, including:

✅ Introduce a grace period for people who fall below their AET before job coach meetings restart

✅ Move away from a one-size fits all work conditionality system

✅ Increase UC childcare support to 100% of costs (not 85%)

✅ Introduce a grace period for childcare costs for parents who lose their job

✅ Cover upfront childcare costs

👀 What change would you like to see to make sure work, works for single parent families? ⚒️

💬Let us know in the comments below 👇

📑If you want to read the full report, check the link here: https://share.google/U1ov14aY6tKjtjdRe

Do you know when your Cost Of Rent Day is??? 

This is the point of the year when the average renter's salary has ONLY gone on paying their landlord. For the 'average' person that day fell on the 11th May this year.

However, significant geographic differences exist. With some areas seeing their Cost of Rent Day not falling till September! 

What difference does being a single parent make? 

When does your Cost of Rent Day land?

and the Renters Reform Coalition have put together a handy calculator so you can find your own Cost of Rent Day.... Why not check yours out and let us know in the comments 👇

🔗 Link to calculator in our stories, or drop us a DM

The Playhouse Tent is an interactive installation exploring neurodivergent children's lives in temporary accommodation. 

The first showing for adults is being hosted at IRMO (near Brixton) on Friday 15 May 2026. With a family session on Saturday 16 May.

✉️ Drop us a DM for ticket link.

The Playhouse Tent is based on a 2-year research project on Temporary Accommodation published earlier this year.

Read the report here:  https://www.sensorylivesproject.org/policy

🗓️The Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on 1st May.

This means new rights for renters and an end to Section 21, no fault evictions 🎉

📖If you want to learn about your rights join a webinar with

🔗Sign up here: https://www.generationrent.org/renters-rights-awareness-week-2026-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-renters-rights-act/

📰If you have faced eviction in the run up to the Act coming into force and want to share your story with us drop us a DM.

🗣️We were honoured to be part of a small group of campaigners to join the Chancellor at Number 11 today to celebrate the removal of the two child limit 🎉

📅The policy was officially lifted last week and affected families will start to feel a difference in the coming weeks. 

🔊Here's a quick recap of the impact this will have for single parent families.

📈This year alone, over 320,000 single parent families will benefit from this change, and over 150,000 children in single parent families will be lifted out of poverty. 

📊By the end of this Parliament over 1 million children in single parent families will benefit and over 230,000 children in single parent families will be lifted out of poverty.  

This change isn't just about statistics though. It's about impact. 

✅For some it will mean no longer having to make tough choices as the month end approaches, for others it will mean leaving an abusive relationship just became financially viable. 

💬As one single mum told us: "It's going to be an absolute lifeline for my family just for simple things like swimming lessons, after school activities... things we take for granted that mount up on top of huge bills single parents have"

✉️While we were there we took the opportunity to hand the chancellor a letter (complete with children's drawing) setting out why this change matters for single parent families and how it should reshape the way we think about child poverty in the UK. 

💷Children must no longer be scapegoated by politicians scoring political points. If we want families to thrive, we must invest in them all regardless of the number of children or parents. 

💪This change represents a real difference for so many families, but with single parent poverty rates still exceptionally high it must be just the beginning. The system was designed around two parent families: now it must be redesigned to truly support single parent families too. 

Great to be there along with
and others. Incredible work that they are all doing to help children.