Website to 'Shame' Absent Parents
Ministers are planning to publish on the internet the names of absent parents who refuse to pay maintenance for their children.

Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton said he aimed to "come down like a ton of bricks" on absent parents.

New enforcement powers to be outlined in a White Paper this week include the removal of passports, curfews and electronic tagging.

Opposition parties said the plans were a "knee jerk reaction" and a "gimmick".
The White Paper will include details of the smaller body which is to replace the troubled Child Support Agency (CSA), which has been dogged by problems and is owed £3.5bn.

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