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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.

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Mothers 'must take responsibility'

The head of the Government's troubled families unit says the Government must not be "a soft touch" and should instead, get "stuck in" to challenge taboos about parenting and "change lives."

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph Louise Casey said:

There are plenty of people who have large families and function incredibly well, and good luck to them, it must be lovely.

The issue for me, out of the families that I have met, [is that] they are not functioning, lovely families.

One of the families I interviewed had six social care teams attached to them: nine children, [and a] tenth on the way. Something has to give here really.

Miss Casey said the state must start telling mothers with large families to take "responsibility" and "stop getting pregnant."

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