Social experiment in which ten single mums and their twelve children move into a mansion for four weeks to see if living together can improve their lives. Each programme sees a different mum take charge of running the house, with their own agenda and a different challenge. Shelley takes over as leader. She believes all single parents should work and pay their share of taxes, even though she admits she'd be better off on benefits. With money running low she selects four mums to go out to work.