Laws & Social policies
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- Created on: 13-05-14 15:49
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- Laws & Social policies
- Conservative party
- MARITAL **** 1991
- CARE IN THE COMMUNITY : expected women to take care of those in long term needs
- CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY : designed so that absent fathers had to pay maintainance.
- The coalition
- changes to PATERNITY LEAVE - maternity leave can now be shared or given to the man
- PENSION AGE rising
- AGE RATINGS for video games
- Reintroduction to the MARRIAGE TAX ALLOWENCE
- GAY MARRIAGE now legal from 2014
- changes to CHILD BENEFIT - now get paid £20.30 pw
- capping HOUSEHOLD BENEFITS
- Cross cultural policies
- CHINA: one child per family policy to reduce the populaation
- IRELAND: not allowed to abort unless ithe mothers life is in danger
- IRAN: government gives money to families when they have a child.
- Labour Party
- SURE START CENTRES aiming to give children the best start in life. supports families in areas of deprivation.
- WINTER FUEL PAYMENTS
- The NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE supporting low income groups
- laws on ADOPTION now state that homosexual families and lone parents can now adopt
- Abolishment of the MARRIAGE TAX ALLOWANCE
- LONE PARENT 2010 moved onto job seekers when child turns 7. Have to prove theyre looking for work.
- Conservative party
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