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#60: Is it fair to cancel someone’s passport for not paying child maintenance?

Episode Summary

Is the UK child maintenance system broken and open to manipulation?

Episode Notes

The ladies discuss the UK government’s decision to allow the Department for Work and Pensions to cancel passports held by people who have not paid the child maintenance they owe and to block the renewal or replacement of passports for up to two years, and ask if the new rule will encourage parents to make child support payments or whether there are some situations where parents may be justified in refusing or withholding payment. Guest starring Monah and Tariyé Peterside.

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(Website – Show notes)

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2021/03/24/government-issues-guidance-to-help-staff-seize-passports-of-those-who-do-not-pay-child-maintenance/

(Article – Government issues guidance to help staff seize passports of those who do not pay child maintenance – The Voice)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/965628/Cancelling_passports_non-payment_of_child_maintenance.pdf

(Guidance Document – Cancelling passports: non-payment of child maintenance – UK Home Office)

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/children-and-young-people/child-maintenance1/choosing-how-to-arrange-child-maintenance/check-what-child-maintenance-arrangement-is-right-for-you/

(Article – Check what child maintenance arrangement is right for you – Citizens Advice)

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