Writing in The Sunday Telegraph marking Father’s Day, Cameron said that in addition to wanting to recognise marriage in the tax system, it is time to make Britain a "genuinely hostile place" for absent fathers.
"It’s high time runaway dads were stigmatised, and the full force of shame was heaped upon them," he said.
"They should be looked at like drink drivers, people who are beyond the pale.
"They need the message rammed home to them, from every part of our culture, that what they’re doing is wrong – that leaving single mothers, who do a heroic job against all odds, to fend for themselves simply isn’t acceptable."
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