Britain has most single parents in Europe with more than a third unemployed

BRITAIN has more single parents than any other Western European country.

               SPLIT: One in four children in Britain is brought up by a single-parent family

One in four children here is now brought up by a lone parent.
EU statistics show the proportion is only 13% in Spain.

More than a third of the UK’s single parents are also unemployed.
Matthew Tinsley of think-tank Policy Exchange said: “We have to be concerned about that.”
A Government adviser recently claimed single parents were “less effective” at raising kids than