Which Labour policy specifically targeted helping lone parent families move from welfare to work?

Which Labour policy specifically targeted helping lone parent families move from welfare to work?

• A. First National Minimum Wage
• B. Increase of free childcare and nursery education
• C. New Deals to support lone parent families moving from dependence on welfare back into paid employment
• D. Child Tax Credits and measures to reduce child poverty

Answer: (C)

Welfare-to-work policies aimed to help people move from benefits into paid employment, addressing barriers that might keep them on welfare. Labour’s approach included targeted support for lone parents to overcome these barriers—like help with job searching, training, and crucially, childcare so they can work.

The option that explicitly fits this aim is a programme described as New Deals to support lone parent families moving from dependence on welfare back into paid employment. This was designed to reduce welfare dependence by providing tailored assistance to lone parents to secure and sustain work, making the transition more feasible through practical support.

The other measures are broader or not specifically focused on moving lone-parent families from welfare to work. The minimum wage sets a wage floor for workers generally; increasing free childcare and nursery education helps many families but isn’t framed as a targeted welfare-to-work initiative for lone parents alone; and Child Tax Credits and anti-poverty measures address poverty more broadly without the specific focus on transitioning lone parents into work.