But the organisation released a report criticising other plans in the Welfare Reform Bill to cut the benefits of single parents who do not take part in "work related activity" to Jobcentre Plus deadlines.
Fiona Weir, chief executive of Gingerbread, said : "Last week's amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill indicate that Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper understands that this policy will have to work in the real world. The scales are too often weighted against single parents who need help and not hindrance to combine paid work with bringing up children."
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