The UK politicians should stop stigmatising single parents.

I still remember how Boris Johnson wrote for The Spectator in 1995 which described the children of single mothers as “ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate”.
Why no one ever says that 90% of single parents in the UK are women?

Single parents are one of the real casualties in the Westminster’s class war.

Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears, but also twice the hugs and twice the love.
Around 1 in 3 children with a working single parent is living in poverty because poor wages, job insecurity and welfare cuts hit the vulnerable the hardest.

Sadly, single parents are still go-to scapegoats whenever the going gets tough for the government.

Disgraceful.
Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong.

Big shout out to single parents, who're raising their kids in these difficult conditions.

You are real heroes.

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