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And where are those jobs coming from
are we going to magic them out of thin air

Cat, just quickly because I'm unscrewing a cupboard lol

It did say she had other children, however it didn't say how old or if they might have been disbled etc...which might account for IS instead of JSA.

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I do think that if single parents of an under 5 are wanting to work then every help should be given...but by the same token leaving a child with someone else just because you are compelled to work ( and if you have no family who IS the 'someone else' you give care of your child to?

fine in areas where there are GOOD nurseries, no good if you have to leave it with an unqualified 'other person' who has not been checked ( not that that always guarantees anything! there are too many nurseries etc where the standards are abysmal).

Reporting every six months is one thing, I wouldn't, didn't object to that...to be given help in looking towards the future, it is how much coercion that is then applied to take a job, any job, that worries me.

My Daughter has 2 children under 5 years She has been looking for a childminder but because one is under 2 years no child minder will take him they are happy to take the one that is 4 years old but not the one under 2 because of this it is nan and grandad who look after them so mum can go to work What is doing to happen to all the single mun who do not have help from family

Rose, I'm not too sure if they have to come off IS straight away or if they can still receive it but are expected to look for work. I remember having to have a six monthly interview myself with a lone parent advisor but I was still claiming IS. As it happens I came off IS due to starting a degree after the second interview anyway.

There are childminders as well as nurseries. Childminders have to jump through quite a lot of hoops to be able to do the job. They can't just wake up one morning and decide to be one.

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No Cat, if it's a registered childminder that's fine BUT if there are none of them in a village, or if they are fully 'booked' then what? The provision of professional child care is limited in a lot of areas.

and as Joy says, where are all these jobs? if the qualified and newly unemployed public sector workers are queuing for jobs also...there are already 5 applicants for each job, and that is just the average figure.

If there are no jobs then they don't need to worry, not even the government can force someone to take a non existent job ;-)

I do know of some parents who use childcare that is nearer to work than to home.

Hi my daughter can not get a childminder because if they take a under 2years the childminder is limted to how many childern she can take. It make me see red because my daughter is working 37 hours plus and no one is there for her . My daughter will work to keep her children but she get no help unless we help her not like some you read about