key policies

Cards (11)

1969 divorce act 
rapid increase in divorce
led to increase in single person, lone parents and step family households
1975 employment protection act
first introduced maternity leave
only half of working women were eligible
increase in children
larger family sizes
1974 child benefits act 
increase in family size
increase in lone parent families - fathers felt they no longer needed to support their child financially
1998 change to child benefits 
made cuts to child benefits
reduction in number of lone parent families
2005 adoption act  
allowed same-sex couples to adopt
2004 civil partnership act  
increase in same sex partnerships
2013 child benefit means tested 
no child benefit for those with over £60k household income
reduction in larger families
2013 paternity act and 2015 shared parental leave  
greater equality between men and women
increase in stay at home fathers
2017 2 child tax credit policy 
no extra benefits for families who have more than 2 children
decrease in larger families
2022 marriage age raised from 16-18
reduction in forced teen marriages
2024 free 15 hours childcare for children from 9 months  
increase family size
increase in gender equality - allowed women to go to work