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Helping troubled families

The Government says its Troubled Families programme has successfully turned around the lives of 14000 of England's toughest to tackle households in just 15 months.

The Government says its Troubled Families programme has successfully turned around the lives of 14 thousand of England's toughest to tackle households in just 15 months.

It says that means many more children are back in school where they were previously playing truant or excluded; high levels of youth crime and anti-social behaviour are down; and the costs to public services and burden on the taxpayer are being reduced too.

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Tue 10 Sep 2013 09:00

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  • Tue 10 Sep 2013 09:00