increase in lone parent families

• welfare state 


  The idea that the government should look after its people in terms of education health and wellbeing
• New right 


  Are concerned that society has lost traditional values and think that individuals should take responsibility for themselves
• Role model


  A person whose behaviour or success is or can be copied by others
• Poverty 


  Individuals or groups that lack sufficient financial resource to meet their basic needs for a minimum standard of living
• Power 


  The ability of a person or group to get what they want and influence decisions