Its latest report, called Family Trends has charted the changing nature of families over since the 1970s and says cohabiting will become more prevalent and grandparents and fathers will play an increasing role in children's lives.
Among policy documents that have concerned the FPI is the 2007 report Breakthrough Britain: Family Breakdown by the Centre for Social Justice, the right-wing think tank with influence within the Conservative Party. This report stresses the importance of marriage to a family and calls for married couples tax breaks.
A FPI spokesman said: "This Family Trends report is a direct criticism of the Centre for Social Justice and some of its opinions about the traditional family. What Family Trends is saying is that the family is changing and policy needs to take that into account."
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