URGENT: welfare cuts response. Will you step in to support the most vulnerable?
URGENT: will you step in to support the most vulnerable?
Donate now

CAP backs the End the Young Parent Penalty campaign

A dad playing in a cardboard house with their child.

CAP has joined One Parent Families Scotland and other anti-poverty charities in calling on the UK Government to end the young parent penalty in Universal Credit. Under 25s are entitled to lower benefit allowances but before Universal Credit there was an exemption for young parents who were caring for children. This is no longer the case and children are being pushed into poverty as a result. Over a quarter (28%) of new CAP clients, struggling with problem debt, in 2020 were single parents and low income is the most common reason why they find themselves in debt which highlights the need for this issue to be addressed.

URGENT: welfare cuts response
Debt coach steve looking into the camera, with his hands raised to his mouth in a praying position

Step in to help vulnerable people in crisis

Find out more

Help provide support that is needed more than ever

Debt coach steve looking into the camera, with his hands raised to his mouth in a praying position