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The last of a series of radical changes to the child maintenance system is implemented today (11 August 2014).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A new child maintenance system will support more families to work together and maintain a subsidised service for those who really need it.
A new service launches making it easier for businesses to deduct child maintenance from their employees’ wages.
Projects to help separated couples resolve grievances and agree financial and parenting arrangements in their children's best interests.
The new Child Maintenance Service for separated parents to support their children has opened to all new applicants.
The progress being made in separated parents accepting financial responsibility for their children.
Organisations that help support separated families can apply for their work to be independently assessed and recognised.
The new Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will open today (29 July 2013) to new applicants with 2 or more children.
The positive role that both parents in a separated family can play in a child’s upbringing is being celebrated in a new video today.
Additional funding available for projects to help separated parents and their children.
New official statistics on the proportion of separated parents who are paying for their children through the Child Support Agency.
The government renewed its commitment to helping and supporting separated families to work together for the sakes of their children.
Over a quarter of a million separated parents are to benefit from £6.5 million of support to help them to work together for the sake of their children.
Over a quarter of a million separated parents in Britain are set to benefit from £6.5m of pioneering and innovative support.
Figures released today show the vast majority of parents who use the Child Support Agency (CSA) are now paying for their children.
For the first time, the 300,000 families undergoing separation every year in Britain will be able to get free online tailored advice.
Parents, early years professionals and others with an interest in childcare are today being urged to come forward with their ideas.
The Government has unveiled detailed plans for the new and radically reshaped child maintenance system in Great Britain.
Minister pledges more help for hard-pressed single parent families and a fairer deal for parents who share care.
Child maintenance system - promise of intensive action against irresponsible parents who've failed to support their children.
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