EIGHTY per cent of single parents surveyed by Christians Against Poverty (CAP) are “scared to answer the phone due to being in debt”, the charity reports. For the same reason, 65 per cent are “scared to answer the door”.
The charity’s report, No Time to Lose, published on Wednesday, is based on analysis of data from its new clients — 2225 UK-wide client households who “had a Financial Statement activated for the first time in 2024”. Of these, 28 per cent were single parents, of whom 26 per cent were single mothers and the other two per cent were single fathers.
One CAP client, Jolene, said: “My ex-partner left, which meant not only was I now responsible for paying back all the bills for the household items,…
