Single parent charity Gingerbread has once again expressed concern over planned changes to child maintenance arrangements that are currently going through Parliament.
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A recent study from America has found evidence that men who married when they were younger than 25 had lower bone strength than men who married for the first time at a later age.
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Single parent charity Gingerbread has responded to a recent report by think tank Policy Exchange on single parents and employment.
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The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has asked the Scottish Government to look again at whether it can introduce its own legislation on forced marriage.
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Just under half of adults currently living as part of a family have experienced at least one previous committed relationship (involving marriage or cohabitation) prior to their current family setup. More than one in six (17%) have had two or more past committed relationships, with 5% having had three or more.
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A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union has found that employees who enter into a civil partnership with a partner of the same sex must be granted the same benefits as those granted to their colleagues upon their marriage, where marriage is not possible for homosexual couples.
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Recent research released by Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has revealed that over half (55%) of children caught up in contact disputes between parents where domestic abuse is alleged to have taken place no longer wish to have contact with their non-resident parent. In the majority of these cases, the non-resident parent is their father.
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Almost a fifth of families who adopted a child last year and requested post adoption support from their Local Authority did not receive any support, according to charity Adoption UK.
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The City of Edinburgh Council is taking part in a new, multi-agency campaign to highlight the range of support that is available to the victims of domestic violence.
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A recent study from America has looked at how developments such as divorce in later life and blended families can affect retirement.
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Recent research has identified key ‘turning-points’ in young adults’ lives which influence whether or not they return to the parental home.
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A recently published report has called for the Government to support wholesale reform of how the authorities deal with young men who commit domestic abuse.
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Celebrity couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are rumoured to be planning to sign a prenuptial agreement before they get married, reports TMZ.
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Latest figures from the ONS reveal babies born in 2012 will suffer higher rates of family breakdown than any previous generation.
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Researchers at UC Berkeley and Northwestern University have found a link between DNA and marital satisfaction.
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The Home Office has included provisions in the new Immigration Bill that will clamp down on people who enter into a sham marriage or civil partnership.
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Single parent charity, Gingerbread, has been highly critical of the Government’s recent announcement that it intends to introduce a transferable tax allowance for married couples.
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A recent study from Australia has suggested that a reduction in conflict between separated families is more likely to be the result of increased relationship services than parenting time arrangements.
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A recent report from the think tank Marriage Foundation has claimed that around a quarter of a million of couples are claiming lone parent benefits, while continuing to reap the benefits of a two-parent household.
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The city of Edinburgh Council has been recognised for the success of a recent campaign to recruit more foster carers.
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