Farage Says to ‘Take On’ Civil Service as Former Minister Labels CMS Powers ‘Incompatible With Natural Justice’

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

Nigel Farage speaks at the Reform UK conference, in the Hilton Metropole hotel in London, on Oct. 7, 2023. Joseph Robertson/The Epoch Times

LONDON—Nigel Farage has called upon politicians to “take on” the Civil Service as former Minister Ann Widdecombe labelled legislation giving unchallengeable power to the Child Maintenance Service as “incompatible with the laws of natural justice.”

In an interview with The Epoch Times Saturday, Mr. Farage spoke regarding a recent exposé on potential inflation of the debt owed to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), labelling it “a symptom of a huge problem across so many aspects of our life.”