Richard Thomson
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- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 13, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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'UK's Child Maintenance Service fails everyone – it's time for real reform' (opens the original)
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The Child Maintenance Service is rotten and fails everyone. Not slightly flawed. Not in need of another review, another rebrand or another ministerial promise. It is built around assumptions from a Britain that no longer exists. The statutory system began with the Child Support Act 1991. The first Child Support Agency scheme followed in 1993. It has since been redesigned and rebranded, culminating in today's Child Maintenance Service, but one fundamental assumption remains: one parent is treated
'Next Labour PM will be more of the same and one thing is certain to happen' (opens the original)
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One question is beginning to crop up more and more often: what happens when Keir Starmer eventually steps aside? When Andy Burnham is PM, as now looks to be inevitable, what will it mean for Britain? The answer is simple. Very little. Labour's problems are not confined to one man. They are embedded throughout the party. Replacing Keir Starmer with another Labour MP will not produce a change in direction. It will simply mean another Prime Minister pursuing many of the same policies that have left
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