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Churchlawtonblue said:
I think less than 10% what do you think?
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Just had a Google and it came up with this.

Nearly 7 in 10 (68.5%) lone parents were employed with over half of these employed full-time (51.8%) and under half employed part-time (48.2%).

Families and the labour market, UK - Office for National Statistics

The employment rates and employment practices of men and women with dependent children in the UK, based on data from the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and Time Use Survey.
www.ons.gov.uk
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Just had a Google and it came up with this.

Nearly 7 in 10 (68.5%) lone parents were employed with over half of these employed full-time (51.8%) and under half employed part-time (48.2%).

Families and the labour market, UK - Office for National Statistics

The employment rates and employment practices of men and women with dependent children in the UK, based on data from the Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and Time Use Survey.
www.ons.gov.uk
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I very much suspect that number drops dramatically if you have 3 kids as the system just doesn't make work pay if you have three kids unless you have a very well paid job.

The benefit cap for a single parent is £423 a week. To take that home as a single parent working full time and also factor in child care for say just two of the children and you would need to be taking home about £800- 850 a week. To take that home you would need to be earning about £65k a year.

What percentage of single parents of three kids do you think earn that much. 10% is probably an over estimate.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
I very much suspect that number drops dramatically if you have 3 kids as the system just doesn't make work pay if you have three kids unless you have a very well paid job.

The benefit cap for a single parent is £423 a week. To take that home as a single parent working full time and also factor in child care for say just two of the children and you would need to be taking home about £800- 850 a week. To take that home you would need to be earning about £65k a year.

What percentage of single parents of three kids do you think earn that much. 10% is probably an over estimate.
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Never mind.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
If you think I've worked out the costs wrongly please point out where. They are only ball park but probably not far off?

The single parent of three kids working full time was your analogy? I just put some numbers to it to see if it stacked up?
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You’ve totally underestimated how many single parents actually work and are sticking to this niche point to move away from that.

It costs a fortune to raise 3 kids these days, so whatever figure you think is excessive will likely not be enough.

There aren’t as many Vicki Pollard’s as you think.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
I very much suspect that number drops dramatically if you have 3 kids as the system just doesn't make work pay if you have three kids unless you have a very well paid job.

The benefit cap for a single parent is £423 a week. To take that home as a single parent working full time and also factor in child care for say just two of the children and you would need to be taking home about £800- 850 a week. To take that home you would need to be earning about £65k a year.

What percentage of single parents of three kids do you think earn that much. 10% is probably an over estimate.
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Lol.... what are you on ?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
You’ve totally underestimated how many single parents actually work and are sticking to this niche point to move away from that.

It costs a fortune to raise 3 kids these days, so whatever figure you think is excessive will likely not be enough.

There aren’t as many Vicki Pollard’s as you think.
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Alan, sorry to labour the point but the three kids was your analogy! The single parent working full time with these kids was also your analogy. You used that argument to justify why people were too busy to cook! I said I thought that applied to very few ie 10% and have used some numbers and simple logic to justify that claim. Now if you think I'm wrong on your points, rather than moving the goal posts, please point out why I'm wrong?

By the way I dont think £423 is alot of money to bring up three kids, which is more the reason why people should spend it wisely and cook?
 
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