Troubled Families programme 'a cruel hoax'

Our director Richard Garside argues in his latest blog post that the Troubled Families programme is doing little to address the problems faced by families in crisis. He writes:

'The government will continue to claim success in 'turning around' the lives of troubled families. Meanwhile, in the real world, some five million children in the UK are growing up in absolute or relative income poverty, as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission pointed out in a report in October.

'For these families, facing adversity and hardship on a daily basis, the Troubled Families programme is little short of a cruel hoax.'