Tougher measures are planned against parents who fail to pay child maintenance
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said enforcement times against parents not paying the appropriate child maintenance will be slashed. He targeted 'deadbeat dads' in a speech at a Conservative Party conference in Manchester, reports Devon Live.
"We already enforce compliance wherever we can, but it is taking far too long to get children the support they are due and that simply is not fair. So I can announce that today we are starting the firing gun to fast-track the enforcement process without the need to go through the courts. A process that is taking six months, we will slash to just six weeks.
He said passports and driving licences could already be removed for those who failed to pay, but added: "We want to go further, removing the barriers which slow this process down. Let me be crystal clear: if you are refusing to pay for your children, we will make you pay."
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