DWP to change the payments of divorced partners

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

For DWP to change the rules on paying only one ex partner the child element and other benefits and reform the rules

One partner of divorced parents are adversely affected by the outdated and unjust system of Universal Credit allocation of child tax credit payments for separated or divorced parents. leaving the ex partner who cannot claim in a precarious financial situation as the system also assumes the partner who is not the claimant can work and excludes them from claiming any other Universal credit payments as only one partner can claim

Why it was rejected

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Timeline

29 Jan 2025	Petition opened for signatures
4 Apr 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Department Department for Work and Pensions

Rejected 4 Apr 2025

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