Here’s one way to slash Britain’s rate of child poverty: stop dithering and make all fathers pay what’s due | Family finances | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/29/britain-child-poverty-fathers-pay
It's wrong that #ChildMaintenance structures prevent parents from getting the support their children need.
Since our @FionaMcHardy wrote this blog, the unjust £20 charge to access the service has been scrapped. But as she points out, more can be done.
Fiona McHardy Research & Information Manager Click here to read our report! When we think about children and young people's needs, we often think about parents and caregivers as the central people in their lives. We don't immediately consider the structures that support them, but these are critical to the…
For a long time, we and others like @FifeGingerbread have been calling for an end to the unjust £20 charge to get help from the #ChildMaintenance Service.
It was a barrier to parents on low incomes, and we're very pleased it's now going to be scrapped.
This #IWD23 we're sharing quotes from women who have taken part in important research we're doing with @FifeGingerbread.
We're finding evidence that current #ChildMaintenance arrangements are often failing lone mothers and their children.
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