"The previous government produced a green paper on families and relationships. That was the beginning of trying to bring coherence to family policy," she says. "We need to now fine-tune that and produce something that forms the basis of family policies in the future."
The Conservatives wrote their own green paper on families several months before the election, but it has still not seen the light of day.
Now is the time for the new government to take stock of what has gone before and make some strong commitments, says Dent. She refers to a key government pledge of providing a new approach to help families with multiple problems to illustrate her point. Dent acknowledges the previous government invested substantially in helping vulnerable families, but believes funding must now be more focused.
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