Putting Families First

07/06/2026

Please keep this petition going strong!

Petition: Hold a review into the effects of parental alienation on families

We are calling on the UK Government to launch a review into parental alienation, examining its scale, how courts and services respond, and the impact on children. The review must deliver clear reforms to protect parent-child relationships and ensure fair, evidence-based decisions.

We are calling on the UK Government to launch a review into parental alienation, examining its scale, how courts and services respond, and the impact on children. The review must deliver clear reforms to protect parent-child relationships and ensure fair, evidence-based decisions.

31/05/2026

Every child deserves the opportunity to have meaningful relationships with both parents where it is safe and in their best interests.

Today, I'm sharing the 10 key proposals that I will be discussing with local councillors across the country as part of the Putting Families First campaign.

These proposals focus on:

✅ Meaningful engagement of both parents
✅ Early intervention and family support
✅ Professional training on family breakdown
✅ Recognition of alienating behaviours
✅ Stronger family networks
✅ Better data transparency and accountability
✅ Child-focused decision making

Family breakdown affects around 280,000 children across England and Wales every year.

I live in Portsmouth, Hampshire and by using national averages and local population data, that equates to an estimated 6,800 children across Hampshire and around 1,000 children in Portsmouth experiencing parental separation each year.

Behind every statistic is a child whose future relationships, wellbeing and stability can be shaped by how effectively families are supported during separation.

By working together, we can ensure children receive the support, stability and relationships they need to thrive. We are calling on Portsmouth City Council to lead by example and explore practical reforms that put children and families at the heart of decision-making.

To be clear, this is not about mothers versus fathers. It is not about blame. It is about recognising that children generally benefit from meaningful relationships with both parents where it is safe to do so, and ensuring local services are equipped to support families through difficult times.

I welcome feedback from councillors, professionals, educators, family support organisations and parents as we continue to develop these proposals.

28/05/2026

111 Signatures. Many more needed. Please like, sign, comment and share!

We are calling on the UK Government to launch a review into parental alienation, examining its scale, how courts and services respond, and the impact on children. The review must deliver clear reforms to protect parent-child relationships and ensure fair, evidence-based decisions.

26/05/2026

Petition: Make parental alienation a criminal offence

We want the Government to make Parental Alienation a criminal offence. We believe deliberately turning a child against a loving parent is emotional abuse. The law should make it an offence, train professionals to identify it, and hold offenders accountable to protect children’s rights.

We want the Government to make Parental Alienation a criminal offence. We believe deliberately turning a child against a loving parent is emotional abuse. The law should make it an offence, train professionals to identify it, and hold offenders accountable to protect children’s rights.

26/05/2026

Parental alienation is destroying families across the UK and far too many parents and children are being left without support, accountability or answers.

That is why I have launched a petition calling for a full Government review into the effects of parental alienation on families, how the courts and services respond, and the long term impact on children.

This is not about mothers vs fathers. It is about protecting children’s relationships with loving parents and making sure decisions are based on evidence, fairness and accountability.

For too many families, this is not a “concept”. It is a lived reality with devastating emotional consequences. Some parents have even taken their own lives after losing contact with their children.

If you believe the system needs reviewing and reforming, please sign and share the petition.

Every signature matters. Every share helps. Please sign today!

We are calling on the UK Government to launch a review into parental alienation, examining its scale, how courts and services respond, and the impact on children. The review must deliver clear reforms to protect parent-child relationships and ensure fair, evidence-based decisions.

12/05/2026

This new proposal to remove the legal presumption that contact with both parents is usually in a child’s best interests may sound protective on the surface, but in reality it risks opening a very dangerous door.

By removing the presumption of shared parental involvement, we risk creating a system where one parent can more easily use the courts to exclude the other parent from their child’s life.

Parental alienation, false allegations and manipulative court tactics are already serious concerns for many families. This change could make it even easier for a loving parent to be erased from their child’s life based on suspicion, hostility or emotional revenge rather than proven risk.

The law already allows contact to be restricted where there is evidence of harm, abuse or safeguarding concerns. That protection must remain. Children must always be protected from genuine danger.

But removing the presumption altogether weakens the already fragile balance between safeguarding and parental equality.

Children deserve protection from abuse.

They also deserve protection from being weaponised in parental conflict.
Laws should be written to protect all children, including those whose relationship with a loving parent is being quietly destroyed by false claims, gatekeeping or alienating behaviour.

This is not the right reform.

Instead of dismantling the principle of shared parenting, the government should be strengthening risk assessment, improving court investigations, introducing better psychological input, and creating real accountability where false allegations or parental alienation are proven.

Family law should protect children.

Not make it easier to erase parents.

29/04/2026

915 people. That’s how many are already standing behind the Putting Families First campaign.

On paper, it’s just 0.0014% of the UK. But this isn’t about percentages. This is about people who’ve had enough.

People who’ve been through the family courts.
People who’ve been hit by a broken CMS system.
People who’ve seen first-hand how families are being let down.

915 voices is not small. It’s the start of pressure. Because every movement that’s ever forced change started exactly like this… a small group that refused to stay quiet.

Now it’s time to grow it. If you know the system isn’t working, don’t just scroll past this.

Follow the page.
Share this post.
Get more people in the room.

The more voices we have, the harder we are to ignore. We’re not asking for attention. We’re building pressure and this is just the beginning!

29/04/2026

THIS IS BIG. AND WE NEED YOUR VOICE.

If you have been negatively affected by the family courts, the Child Maintenance Service, or social services - I am taking this directly to MPs.

Not as a complaint. Not as a rant. As a structured plan to FIX what is broken.

Putting Families First is pushing for real reform:

50/50 shared care as the starting point unless there are safeguarding concerns

Parental alienation to be properly recognised and treated with the seriousness it deserves

A complete overhaul of the CMS so payments reflect time spent raising your child, not just overnight stays

Stronger safeguarding laws so BOTH parents are informed under Clare's Law and Sarah's Law when a child is involved

This isn’t about mums vs dads. This is about children growing up with BOTH parents where it is safe to do so.

Right now, the system creates conflict, fuels division, and in some cases, destroys lives. That has to change.

If you’ve lived it, I want to hear from you. Your voice strengthens this movement and brings real weight to these conversations with MPs.

Comment below or message me directly. Let’s make sure they can’t ignore this.

26/04/2026

IT’S TIME FOR A PUBLIC ENQUIRY INTO PARENTAL ALIENATION.

Across the UK, parents are being cut out of their children’s lives, not always because of risk or harm, but because of a system that fails to recognise and act on something deeply damaging.

Parental alienation.

This isn’t a rare issue. It’s being reported by families every single day. Children losing meaningful relationships with loving parents. Bonds being broken slowly, sometimes permanently, while the system delays, debates, or looks the other way.

The impact is real. On children. On parents. On entire families.

Mental health declines. Trust is damaged. Relationships that should last a lifetime are lost in a matter of months or years.

Yet, there has never been a full, transparent public enquiry into the scale, causes, and consequences of parental alienation in this country.

We are calling for that to change.

A public enquiry would bring accountability. It would examine how family courts, social services, and current legislation respond to alienation. It would give a voice to those who have lived it. And it would lay the foundation for meaningful reform, not assumptions, not guesswork, but evidence.

Because without understanding the true impact, the system cannot fix it. This is not about taking sides. It is about recognising harm where it exists and ensuring children are protected from it.

If we are serious about putting families first, then we must be serious about facing the truth.

It’s time to investigate. It’s time to be honest. It’s time for a public enquiry.

Sign the petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768372/sponsors/new?token=zZZ4XPVjECVRazZRqXGS

www.family-act.uk

26/04/2026

IF YOU’VE BEEN FAILED BY THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM, THIS IS WHY WE’RE FIGHTING FOR CHANGE.

Right now, too many families are being pushed into conflict instead of being supported to rebuild. Children are growing up with one parent reduced to a visitor, not because it’s right, but because the system defaults to division rather than balance.

That’s why we’re calling for a Families Act. Not a tweak, not a review, but real reform that reflects how families actually live today.

At its core, this means making 50/50 shared care the starting point, so children grow up with meaningful relationships with both parents, unless there is proven risk of harm. It means recognising that removing a parent without justification is not neutral, it has consequences that last a lifetime.

It also means finally treating parental alienation for what it is, emotional abuse, by making it a criminal offence. Because deliberately damaging a child’s relationship with a parent is not a private dispute, it’s harm, and it should be treated as such.

The system must also become fairer in how it handles financial responsibility. The current Child Maintenance model is outdated and often punishes involved parents. A Families Act would reform the CMS so payments are based on actual time spent and shared responsibility, not arbitrary overnight thresholds that don’t reflect real parenting.

Safeguarding must work for both parents. By strengthening Claire’s Law and Sarah’s Law, both parents should be informed of the outcome of an application where a child is involved. Keeping one parent in the dark doesn’t protect children, it creates risk.

This isn’t about mothers versus fathers. It’s about children having stability, fairness, and the full support of their family.

Because when the system gets it wrong, children don’t just lose time.
They lose relationships, identity, and trust.

Putting Families First means building a system that protects those relationships, not one that quietly erodes them.

www.family-act.uk