Your experience with the Child Maintenance Service matters. Every account we publish strengthens our case to Parliament — showing that these are not isolated incidents but a systemic pattern affecting hundreds of thousands of families.
Every submission is read before it goes live. We check it meets the disclaimer and remove any identifying details.
Approved stories appear in the Community Stories section of the campaign site — shown with first initial and county only.
Your story contributes to the body of evidence we submit to MPs, the Work and Pensions Select Committee, and parliamentary researchers.
MPs and parliamentary committees respond to individual cases — not just statistics. A personal account of how CMS has affected your finances, your mental health, and your relationship with your children is more powerful in a parliamentary submission than any data point.
Every story we publish also helps other paying parents see they are not alone — and not imagining things.