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10/06/2013
It added that the number of lone parent families are increasing at a rate of more than 20,000 a year, looking likely to reach more than two million by the time the next election is held, according to the report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).
In a forward for the 'Fractured Families: Why Stability Matters' report, Director Christian Guy warned of the "tsunami" of family breakdown within the UK. The report also accused the Government of turning a "blind eye" to its commitment to promote family stability.
It features a series of 'league tables' which shows the areas of the country where fatherless and lone-parent households are most prevalent. There are currently 236 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England and Wales, where more than 50% of households with dependant children are headed by a lone mother.
In one neighbourhood in the Riverside ward of Liverpool, it was revealed that 65% of households with dependant children have no father present. The city also has eight out of the UK's top 20 areas with the highest levels of fatherless households.
While in an area in the Manor Castle ward of Sheffield, 75% of households with children are headed by a lone parent, most commonly a woman. Five Liverpool neighbourhoods are in the top 20 nationally for lone parent households.
The research also found that it is the instability of cohabiting couples rather than a surge in divorce rates that is fuelling the disintegration of the UK family.
The number of people cohabiting has doubled to almost six million since 1996, but the report states that those parents are three times more likely to separate by the time a child is aged five, than couples who are married.
The high break-up rates among cohabiting couples also contributes to the increase in the number of lone parents. Between 1996 and 2002, the figure increased by almost a quarter and now accounts for almost two million adults, mostly women.
Within the report, Mr Guy said: "For all of the promises the Conservatives made in opposition, hardly anything has been done to resist the tsunami of family breakdown battering the United Kingdom.
"There are many misguided reasons for such political paralysis. Some argue that it is no business of politicians to meddle in the personal family choices people make. Others suggest that rising family breakdown is just a modern process, an inevitable trait of human advancement. Others say family instability doesn't matter...
"This has to change. Out political discourse about family policy must mature. Family breakdown is an urgent public health issue. Backing commitment and setting a goal of reducing instability does not equate to criticising or stigmatising lone parents or those involved."
The report also revealed areas of the UK were "men deserts" due to primary schools having so few male teachers. In England and Wales, one in four primary schools have no male teachers, with 80% having fewer than three.
He added: "For children growing up in some of the poorest parts of the country, men are rarely encountered in the home or in the classroom. This is an ignored form of deprivation that can have profoundly damaging consequences on social and mental development.
"There are 'men deserts' in many parts of our towns and cities and we urgently need to wake up to what is going wrong."
(JP/CD)
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One Million Children 'Living Without A Father'
A new study has revealed that a million children in the UK are living without a father.It added that the number of lone parent families are increasing at a rate of more than 20,000 a year, looking likely to reach more than two million by the time the next election is held, according to the report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).
In a forward for the 'Fractured Families: Why Stability Matters' report, Director Christian Guy warned of the "tsunami" of family breakdown within the UK. The report also accused the Government of turning a "blind eye" to its commitment to promote family stability.
It features a series of 'league tables' which shows the areas of the country where fatherless and lone-parent households are most prevalent. There are currently 236 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England and Wales, where more than 50% of households with dependant children are headed by a lone mother.
In one neighbourhood in the Riverside ward of Liverpool, it was revealed that 65% of households with dependant children have no father present. The city also has eight out of the UK's top 20 areas with the highest levels of fatherless households.
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While in an area in the Manor Castle ward of Sheffield, 75% of households with children are headed by a lone parent, most commonly a woman. Five Liverpool neighbourhoods are in the top 20 nationally for lone parent households.
The research also found that it is the instability of cohabiting couples rather than a surge in divorce rates that is fuelling the disintegration of the UK family.
The number of people cohabiting has doubled to almost six million since 1996, but the report states that those parents are three times more likely to separate by the time a child is aged five, than couples who are married.
The high break-up rates among cohabiting couples also contributes to the increase in the number of lone parents. Between 1996 and 2002, the figure increased by almost a quarter and now accounts for almost two million adults, mostly women.
Within the report, Mr Guy said: "For all of the promises the Conservatives made in opposition, hardly anything has been done to resist the tsunami of family breakdown battering the United Kingdom.
"There are many misguided reasons for such political paralysis. Some argue that it is no business of politicians to meddle in the personal family choices people make. Others suggest that rising family breakdown is just a modern process, an inevitable trait of human advancement. Others say family instability doesn't matter...
"This has to change. Out political discourse about family policy must mature. Family breakdown is an urgent public health issue. Backing commitment and setting a goal of reducing instability does not equate to criticising or stigmatising lone parents or those involved."
The report also revealed areas of the UK were "men deserts" due to primary schools having so few male teachers. In England and Wales, one in four primary schools have no male teachers, with 80% having fewer than three.
He added: "For children growing up in some of the poorest parts of the country, men are rarely encountered in the home or in the classroom. This is an ignored form of deprivation that can have profoundly damaging consequences on social and mental development.
"There are 'men deserts' in many parts of our towns and cities and we urgently need to wake up to what is going wrong."
(JP/CD)
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