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Divorce changes 'will hit the poor'

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The government has announced plans to cut back the help it gives in establishing child maintenance payments for divorcing couples, arguing that leaving it to parents will produce a better outcome for children.

Nicholas Cusworth, chairman of the Family Law Bar Association and minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller, debate the changes.


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