Poverty-traps and pay-gaps: why (single) mothers need basic income – BIEN

Poverty-traps and pay-gaps: why (single) mothers need basic income – BIEN

Extract from an article by Dr Petra Bueskens

Harper discovered she wasn’t alone when she packed up her house, stopped paying rent and took her four-year-old son, Finn, on a six month “holiday” up north to warmer climes.

“I found in every camp site, especially the show grounds as they’re the cheapest ones that still have facilities, there were a couple of other single mums and their kids. I was also travelling with a friend and her son, so there were often five or six of us and a bunch of kids at each campsite. Up north there’s even more. Over […]

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