VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh visited a specialist centre in the city that helps children and families during separations.

She went to York's Centre For Separated Families along with local family lawyer Nicki Mitchell, from campaigning family law group Resolution, to see the work it does.

Karen Woodall, director of the centre, hosted the visit and introduced Miss McIntosh and Mrs Mitchell to families who have benefited from the work of the centre.

Conservative MP Miss McIntosh heads a task force examining how the failed Child Support Agency (CSA) can best be reformed or replaced.

Resolution campaigns for CSA reform and aims to put the interests of children first when couples divorce.