As the law stands now, single parents have the option to not work and claim income support until their youngest childs 16th birthday. From October this year that will no longer be the case. Single parents of children aged 12 or over will be expected to find work or lose their benefits. In 2 years time single parents will be expected work when their youngest child reaches 7.
I only found out about this two weeks ago and was invited to a meeting to discuss it with the lone parent advisors today. Apparently if I don't find a job I'll be forced to take any old crap job and I also have to be prepared to give up my college course which I was planning to start in September
This really isn't fair that this new law has been sprung on us so quickly and I'm really worried about whats go to happen to me. For some reason theres not much info about it but I found this http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Artic...port-cuts.html
If there are any single parents of young children reading this and thinking about further education, my advise is to go for it now while you have the chance.
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