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The Child Maintenance Service had been accused of ’repeated mismanagement‘ and ’heavy handed enforcement,' with worrying mortality rates among paying parents.
Campaigner Noel Willcox said that parents are being treated like criminals and are being forced to pay money they don’t owe, driving many to suicide.
Response from Department for Work and Pensions labelled ‘denial’ as a campaigner warns case law may challenge legality of fees applied to CMS liability orders.
Veteran Mark Pryce claims the Child Maintenance Service have ignored significant evidence, while a campaigner brands the collection method as ‘immoral.’
A campaigner has called for the Child Maintenance Service to be suspended, after senior politicians called for a full public inquiry over potential malpractice.
Campaigners have warned that miscalculations may be leading to paying parents taking their own lives, while senior politicians have called for a public enquiry
Leader of Reform UK Richard Tice called for civil service reforms to move more ’towards the American system' as pressure mounts for a public review of the CMS
