Thanks to James for this link.
Ministers are pushing through a plan to punish non-payers of child maintenance with the confiscation of their passports – as an alternative to taking their driving licenses. Kit Malthouse, Child Maintenance Minister, explained that the latter “impacts somebody’s ability to work very often and of course, we’d like them to work so they can pay the maintenance.“
The plan is likely to be better for all concerned – however can not be described as ‘just’ until denying nonresident parents access to their children carries a similar penalty.
