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24/11/2008
Forcing parents to work 'could worsen child poverty' |
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The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has warned that forcing lone parents into employment could increase child poverty.
This echoes recent comments by Sir Richard Tilt, head of the social security advisory committee, who suggested that plans to force lone parents and the long-term jobless to seek work should be suspended.
Kate Green, chief executive of the CPAG, claims that most lone parents are employed but a lack of affordable childcare and firms displaying little tolerance towards flexibility means more lone parents lose their job in the first 12 months than other employees.
Bringing in tough penalties to force parents into employment may steal the headlines but will not work in practice, she says.
"With recession looming, lone parents will have to compete with more flexible, higher-skilled claimants recently made redundant," Ms Green claims.
The chief executive describes the approach as "misguided" and suggests the resources would be better invested in childcare and training.
"And if the government is going to get tough, it should be with employers who discriminate against lone parents," she furthers.
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