Gingerbread had been highly critical of the Labour government's proposals in last year's Welfare Reform Bill to force lone parents of seven-year-olds to partake in work-related activity or risk having benefits reduced.
But Kate Bell, policy director for Gingerbread, said: "The Conservatives opposed work-related activities for lone parents in the Welfare Reform Bill and the Liberal Democrats have been clear about the need for less sanction-based policies, so we're hopeful about the new welfare to work programme."
The new government has announced plans to end all existing welfare-to-work programmes and create one programme for all unemployed people. Bell added that the new programme must ensure that specialist provision, such as personal advisers, is still available for single parents.
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