Absent Fathers Who Refuse to Pay Child Support Will Lose Passport ; Civil Liberties Storm Over 'Draconian' New Plan [Edition 3]

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UNPRECEDENTED plans to give bureaucrats the power to revoke people's driving licences and passports without going through the courts will be unveiled this week.

Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell will announce the farreaching proposals on Tuesday as part of a new crackdown on absent fathers who refuse to pay for the upkeep of their children.

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Absent Fathers Who Refuse to Pay Child Support Will Lose Passport ; Civil Liberties Storm Over 'Draconian' New Plan [Edition 3]

Officials in charge of pursuing them for child maintenance arrears would win the right to bypass judges and ban them from driving or travelling abroad at the stroke of a ...

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