04 July 2024
It’s 50 years since the 1974 Finer Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families, so what has been achieved?
In this week’s NLJ, solicitor-advocate David Burrows considers a half-century of reforms.
One big change has been the role of mediation. But in many aspects, life has not improved enough. Burrows looks at the areas of finance, housing, employment and day care, family law and a unified family court. He writes: ‘In the 50 years since the report, things for single parents and their children have mostly gone backwards.’
So, what has been done and what is still to do? Burrows covers developments and setbacks.
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