The move is part of one of the government’s boldest areas of domestic policy: the much publicised target of "turning around" the lives of 120,000 troubled families – in just three years.
A tall order with a short deadline. But let’s be optimists. Imagine if it did fulfil its potential. Five years from now, the country could be spending less money on managing family crisis, less on combating antisocial behaviour, less on the youth justice system. Youth crime could fall dramatically.
There could be fewer children in care. More families could be in work with the added financial boost to the economy. Socially and economically, these ends would be good for us all, not just the 120,000. So it is worth doing all we can to make this work.
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