Rejected petition Child maintenance discrimination paying parents pay a 20% fee receiving only 4%

child maintenance. You have to pay a fee each time you make or receive a payment: paying parents will pay a 20% fee on top of their regular child maintenance payment and the receiving only 4% which is a charge of 24% to collect the money.
This is discrimination parents should be treated equally

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Date submitted 4 April 2018
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