All government policies will be tested from next month to see if they are family friendly, with policies that fail to support family life being scrapped.
Under the plans, announced by Prime Minister David Cameron, the "family test" will be formally introduced into impact assessments for proposed government policies.
But how do existing government polices fare? We ask leading children's charities to assess whether existing government policies would pass the test.
Immigration
Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, says immigration policy is probably "the least family-friendly area of policy". She points to the fact the government changed family visas in 2012 to introduce a new minimum income requirement of £18,600 when a British, or settled, person wishes to sponsor their spouse or partner to join them in the UK from outside the EU.
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