Nearly half of single-parent households in Japan are living in a state of poverty, according to the 2021 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions released by the welfare ministry on July 4. The ...
Many believe this system unfairly penalises higher-earning single parents. A household that has two parents each earning £59,000 - a total of £118,000 - will receive child benefit in full ...
Single parents have complained the system is ... new interim rules in his 2024 spring Budget to base the charge on household income instead of the highest earner, but the change was never ...