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Welfare Cuts Hit Single Black Mothers Hardest Reductions in Benefits Bite Even Deeper When They Come on Top of Racial Discrimination at Work and at Home. as Paul George Discovers, Many Women Are Forced into Desperate Measures in Order to Survive

By: George, Paul | The Independent (London, England), March 29, 1998 | Article details

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Welfare Cuts Hit Single Black Mothers Hardest Reductions in Benefits Bite Even Deeper When They Come on Top of Racial Discrimination at Work and at Home. as Paul George Discovers, Many Women Are Forced into Desperate Measures in Order to Survive


George, Paul, The Independent (London, England)


SINGLE black mothers are being disproportionately hit by the decreasing value of lone parent benefits and welfare reform, according to campaigners.

A conference yesterday, attended by representatives from black women's organisations across the country, heard that the Government has failed to recognise the unique problems faced by lone ethnic minority parents.

It was predicted that new cuts to lone parent benefits, being introduced from next week, will make the plight of single black mothers, as well as other lone mothers, even worse. It could mean some being pushed into earning a living through illegal means, such as prostitution. A number of benefits, including …

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