The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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Ever since it was set up in the early 1990s, the doggedly malfunctioning Child Support Agency (CSA) has left politicians and parents alike tearing their hair out. Only one in three parents with care receive any maintenance at all, the backlog of unmet payments runs to over £3bn, and an agency designed to bring savings to the taxpayer actually costs the exchequer £200m a year. When the government’s independent adviser, Sir David Henshaw, proposed dismantling t…
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