StatusClosed
Opened3 Mar 2025
Closes3 Sept 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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It's 2025. Many couples do not stay in relationships like our grandparents or ancestors used to. If parents are amicable, we think that each parent should get equal rights to housing, benefits and support.
We think the government need to change the current rules and that child benefit should be shared if parents are co-parenting in a 50/50 agreement. Currently, the parent in receipt of child benefit gets prioritised for social housing and the other parent is classed as a single person and of lesser priority. The "single" person also wouldn't be granted additional bedrooms when applying for social housing.
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1Alex Norris MP
Nottingham North and Kimberley2Nadia Whittome MP
Nottingham East3Michelle Welsh MP
Sherwood Forest4Dr Al Pinkerton MP
Surrey Heath5Clive Jones MP
Wokingham6Alex Baker MP
Aldershot7Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury8Joy Morrissey MP
Beaconsfield9Calum Miller MP
Bicester and Woodstock10Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston