Families 'need tough love'
The head of the Government's troubled families unit says the state need to take a new approach to the issue and should 'interfere' and tell women it is 'irresponsible' to have more children if they are struggling to cope.
Getting children to school a 'major problem' for troubled families
The head of the Government's troubled families unit has said getting children to go to school, and encouraging teachers to keep them there, is a "major challenge."
Louise Casey, said it is vital that the new programme, set up in the wake of last year's riots, helps families ensure all their children turn up at school. She said:
"If every kid in the country who should be in school [was] there, all day, every day, you would transform all sorts of problems.”
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