'The new Post Office scandal': Fathers facing inflated demands from the Child Maintenance Service have been plunged into poverty and even taken their own lives. So why does the agency's £125k-a-year boss sound so bumptiously dismissive?
Smartly dressed in a suit as he addressed a Lord's committee, Simon Hunter said he was 'hugely proud' of the 'modernisation journey' on which he was taking the Child Maintenance Service.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Aug 18, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Culture & Society
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