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Reform Child Maintenance Service, strengthen processes to protect paying parent

Submitted by Barnaby Scrivener on Friday 2nd January 2026

Published on Friday 6th February 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 6th August 2026

Current Signatures: 165
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Basics ~ Child ~ Child maintenance ~ contact ~ Denying ~ Ensure ~ False ~ Favour ~ Gross ~ IMPACT ~ Justices ~ Liability ~ Mandatory ~ mentalhealth ~ Parent ~ paying ~ Reform ~ system ~ Tax ~ Weak

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Popularity

This petition has 165 signatures in total, with signatories from 147 constituencies. That makes it the 758th most popular open petition, and the 17,587th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 39% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 2% (low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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