🧵The govt must tackle the abuse of the Child Maintenance Service, a scheme that victims say is being used against them as a means of continuing #economicabuse and #coercivecontrol.
More than a third of parents who owe money under the scheme refuse to pay.news.sky.com/story/woman-wh…
More than a third of parents who owe money under the scheme refuse to pay.news.sky.com/story/woman-wh…
CEO of @Gingerbread, @_VictoriaBenson said:
"We are really concerned the CMS doesn't support survivors of domestic abuse.
"We are really concerned the CMS doesn't support survivors of domestic abuse.
"We hear a lot of stories from people who phone our helpline or who speak to us, where they feel...their ex partner is using the CMS to perpetuate the abuse, to perpetuate coercive control.
"They'll make threats to delay child maintenance or just pay it in dribs and drabs, or maybe create such an atmosphere of fear that the resident parent is really worried about pursuing any child maintenance that is due to them, and often they don't."
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