Responding to Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to prioritise families and parenting in the aftermath of the riots in England last week, the charity said it was pleased the issue had been placed high on the agenda.
However, 4Children said the government must now go further and commit more resources to strengthening support for volunteers, all families at risk of crisis and expand parenting guidance through to adolescence.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, said: "David Cameron is right to put families at the heart of his plans for a ‘social fightback’. His proposals for a family test for government policy and to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families are welcome, but this will require a major plan of action across the whole of the government backed by time and resources.
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