A MOTHER has spoken of her disgust after seeing the former partner she accuses of not fully paying child maintenance for five years lauded as Britain’s most indulgent parent.

Brighton mother Charis Williams said TV presenter Dan Hill was “making a mockery” of the child support system after he appeared in national newspapers claiming to spend £100,000 on his one-month-old twins with his new partner.

Ms Williams claims Mr Hill, a presenter on Dave TV series Storage Hunters UK, has paid only a small proportion of the support allowance owed to their six-year-old son Ely and nine-year-old daughter Tiger in the past five years.

Documents seen by The Argus show between December 2010 and April this year Mr Hill owed more than £9,000 in child maintenance but has paid £505.

Mr Hill has featured in articles in The Sun and The Mirror highlighting how he and his new wife Louise Hill had spent £19,000 on their twins before their birth.

Their expenditure included a £2,500 white Mima pram used by Kim Kardashian, £1,900 custom-made cribs and a £1,250 Louis Vuitton changing bag. The pair also blew £120,000 on their wedding in 2013.

Ms Williams, of Bevendean, presenter of Channel Four’s The Salvage Sister, claimed the actual figure owed could be far higher based on Mr Hill’s earnings but he had not declared his income to government officials.

The 33-year-old said she had given investigators details about her former partner’s addresses and the licence plate numbers for his numerous cars but had only received small payments at infrequent intervals.

She has called for tougher penalties and swifter action for parents who fail to support their former families.

She said: “Dan is making a mockery of the entire system and I want to see him made an example of.

“Being in the media, not paying maintenance and flaunting the way he wastes money should be a wake-up call to the Government and child support agency. Countless others like him get away with it – and it’s the children who are suffering.

“The way he lives couldn’t be further from the way I live my life and the way I bring up my children. I try my best to reuse everything I can. I’ve made a career out of it.”

The Argus approached Mr Hill for comment but he said he was “too busy to chat”.

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“We have always been clear that parents have a responsibility to contribute towards the upbringing of their children. We will continue to pursue those who refuse to pay the maintenance they owe using a range of tools at our disposal, including legal action,” a Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said.

The department plans to bring in new powers to share payment information with credit reference agencies with the potential for arrears to have the same effect on credit scores as other debts.

Under the CSA there was “little financial incentive” for parents to pay in full and on time with enforcement charges introduced to encourage people to comply.