Babies for Justice

[Last updated 13.11.2008]

Dear All

We at Babies For Justice are the campaigning arm for single mothers, fathers and their children who do not receive the correct child maintenance they are entitled to.

Many mothers and fathers have been sorely let down by the overwhelming incompetence of the CSA (Child Support Agency). Some parents are receiving little to no maintenance whatsoever and are living in poverty. Many fathers are being charged more money than they even earn, while hundreds of fathers (in most cases) are exploiting the many loop holes available to them to avoid accurate assessments.

On 31st October the CSA was' renamed' the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission (C-MEC).

BabiesForJustice is looking forward to C-MEC's new enforcement policies going into effect. We demand more arrests, tagging, seizure of passports and naming and shaming. We doubt very much that we will see these changes or improvements and certainly not in the near future. In fact we are convinced that the Government believes that mothers are too poor, exhausted and ignorant to be able to recognize yet another stalling technique and method of washing their hands of one of the greatest infringements of Children's Rights. They have sorely underestimated our organization.

We are always seeking case studies to add to our list so please email your personal experience with the CSA, C-MEC or the Children Act and also add whether or not we may post your story on this website. Also, we welcome view points from anyone, and any organization, especially if you can see a solution to our current plight.

END CHILD POVERTY MARCH: Saturday 4th October. 10,000 people turned out to get Gordon Brown to KEEP THE PROMISE.

QUOTE OF THE CENTURY: "Do you seriously expect Mr Nuttall to sell his shooting rifles for child maintenance?!" The Honourable Mr Justice Singer presiding Cunningham v Nuttall, Children Act 1989 , High Court London 5 October 2006. Application dismissed.

BABIES FOR JUSTICE PROTEST- Our Protest outside of Downing Street on the 25th March 2006, Mothers Day weekend, was very successful. We handed in a letter and petition to No.10 Downing Street. The event was covered by the Evening Standard.

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed their stories (see Case Studies) as a result of my article in the Daily Mail (14 October 2005). Thank you to Polly Toynbee for printing such a great piece in the Guardian (18 Nov 2005) "Get our of your Spiderman Suits ..." Thank you to the Political Editor of the Observer, Gaby Hinsliff, for an excellent article which mentions BabiesForJustice;"Wealthy Fathers Face Credit Probes by CSA", Observer (20 Nov 2005) and again thank you to the Guardian for printing my letter demanding we meet with Stephen Geraghty, Chief Exec of the CSA (22 Nov 2005). Thank you to The Daily Politics Programme (16 Jan 2006), BBC News, BBCNEWS24 (18 Jan 2006), BBC Breakfast (19 Jan 2006), and several radio stations who have given me the opportunity to comment regarding the planned changes regarding the CSA (Jan 18-19 2006). Thank you to Adam Helliker who wrote about the BabiesForJustice campaign in Sunday Express (29 Jan 2006). The Observer (5 Feb 2006). Sky News, The Daily Politics Programme, Five Live, PA, BBCNews24 (all on 9 Feb 2006). Evening Standard Diary (2 March 2006) Evening Standard Diary (27 March 2006. ) Sky News and GMTV (26 June 2006) BBC Breakfast and Sky News (24 July 2006) ITN Five News 20 October 2006) BBC NEWS 24 (10 December 2006) Sky News (10 Feb 2007) Interviewed by John Humphrys Radio 4 (22 April 2008) ITN News (5 Oct 2008) Globus (Nov 2008)

BabiesForJustice is not a charity. It is a Non Profit Organisation. All proceeds go towards website development and campaigning expenses.