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The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has recently published research which reveals a greater level of satisfaction for parents who work out their own child maintenance arrangements than for those using the Child Support Agency (CSA) to make arrangements on their behalf.

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The Government has announced plans to remove the exemption from child maintenance liability that exists for some part-time public servants.

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Detailed proposals for the new statutory child maintenance scheme have been published which include plans to increase the amount of maintenance paid by parents on state benefits and others declaring low incomes.

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Single parent charity, Gingerbread, has released new research which shows that a fifth of poor families are lifted out of poverty by receiving child maintenance, but that poorer single-parent families are least likely to receive any maintenance payments.

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Two charities have spoken out against the Government's proposed changes to the child maintenance system, warning that they could lead to almost 900,000 children losing essential maintenance payments.

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The House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee has published a report looking at the Government's proposed reforms of the child maintenance system. It recommends that non-resident parents should be required to pay child maintenance through direct deductions from their salaries or bank accounts.

 

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Under new EU-wide rules now in force, children across the EU will benefit from speedier maintenance payments when families split up.

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