Gingerbread campaign on single parents’ rights

Title

Gingerbread campaign on single parents’ rights

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Mark Phillips reports on the Gingerbread association delivering a charter of rights for single-parent families to Number 10 Downing Street. Gingerbread Chief Executive, Robbie Robson says that it is the start of a long campaign, and agony aunt and Gingerbread Chairman, Claire Rayner says that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is out of touch. Labour MP Joan Lester also comments on bias against one-parent families.

Contributors

Mark Phillips; Joan Lester; Claire Rayner; Robbie Robson

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Adoption; Equal opportunity; Single parents; Discrimination; Prime ministers; Poverty; Government policy; Parents; One parent families; Support groups; Gingerbread

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