Absent parents will have their benefits docked in an overhaul of the child maintenance system, says the Daily Mail.
Tough checks will be brought in to make it harder for people to lie about their incomes to escape paying maintenance payments, a minister said.
Officials will cross-check parents' claims about their incomes with tax details held by HMRC. About time the government started cross-checking databases when people want money.
Work and Pensions minister Maria Miller said the reforms would make applications much faster to process. At present, mothers often wait for months before money begins to trickle in from absent fathers.
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