Martin Lewis has dished out his latest advice to help mobile and broadband customers save money as companies get set to hike prices.
26.02.2024 - 19:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is removing the a £20 application fee from today to 'ensure no child misses out' on financial support.
From Monday, February 26, parents will no longer be charged £20 to make an application to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), which arranges how a child’s living costs will be paid when one of the parents does not live with the child.
The change comes as part of a crackdown on parents who don't pay child maintenance when they are required to. The DWP is introducing a number of reforms to give the CMS more power to recover cash from non-paying parents more efficiently.
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As part of the reforms, the £20 application fee for parents seeking the CMS’s intervention when maintenance is not paid will be scrapped and the service will be free. The DWP said scrapping the charge will "ensure no child misses out on vital support".
Under the changes, enforcement times against parents not paying child maintenance will be slashed from six months to six weeks. The CMS will be able to use an administrative liability order to recover unpaid child maintenance instead of applying to the courts.
The CMS could also write off debt worth less than £7 in inactive cases so it can focus on parents who owe much larger sums.
Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said: “We know the vast majority of parents strive each and every day to give their children the best possible start in life. But those who shirk the financial responsibilities they have for their children must be quickly held to
Martin Lewis has dished out his latest advice to help mobile and broadband customers save money as companies get set to hike prices.
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