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Dealing in secondhand ideas
Given the scarcely believable, near perfect ‘official’ success of the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) – which I blogged about...
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The perfect Troubled Families programme
If we are to believe the ...
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Poverty, not brain development, behind family problems
Patrick Butler reports in today's Guardian on claims that early childhood brain development is the main cause of later social problems....
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Troubled families programme likely to miss targets
The government's troubled families programme is likely to miss its target to 'turn around' 120,000 so-called troubled families, the influential House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee argues...
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Troubled families need nurture, Louise Casey claims
We missed this interesting and revealing interview with Troubled Families head Louise Casey when it first appeared in The Guardian last week.
Speaking on...
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The trouble with the Troubled Families programme
Chances are the Troubled Families programme will ultimately be judged a...
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Anything wrong with this speech?
The head of the government's Troubled Families programme, Louise Casey gave a speech...
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Let them scrub floors
I've only met Louise Casey the one time. She came to speak to me in 2008 as part of a consultation exercise for what became her report, ...