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Originally Posted by kizzy

I wondered when the lone parent bashing would start...
Here are a few FACTS,
''Estimated Costs
9. From the individual perspective moving lone parents off benefit and into work incurs costs through benefit losses and increased spending on taxes (income tax and indirect taxes) and National Insurance Contributions (NICs). These costs to individuals will be around £560m over the Spending Review Period to March 2015. Further there will be around £60m of in-work costs to individuals such as childcare and travel over the Spending Review Period to March 2015.''

''Estimating Costs and Benefits
7. Currently there are 1.9 million lone parents in Great Britain, with 1.1 million lone parents being in work. The employment rate for lone parents with a youngest child aged 5 and 6 is 54.4%, lower than the lone parent employment rate for lone parents with children aged 7 to 15 which stands at 66.8%2. There are around 100,000 lone parents claiming IS with a youngest child aged 5 or 63. Based on evidence of historic benefit flows the policy is expected to affect around 75,000 lone parents per year in steady state''

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/i...s/IA11-040.pdf

I've got a right to voice an opinion Kiz without you being sarky about it.