Helen Goodman MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform, responding to today’s reports of record levels of child maintenance arrears, said: 

“Under the Government’s new scheme half of parents are getting less than they are entitled to or even nothing at all.

“This is money children are entitled to and a key plank in the fight against poverty. Arrears are at an all-time high of nearly £4 billion, of which the government has classed £2.9 billion as uncollectible. David Cameron’s government said they would tackle this. They haven’t and they’ve failed. It’s another example of Tory Welfare Waste.”

Find out more on the BBC’s investigation here: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30955060