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Almost 拢450 million will be made available to help turn around the lives of 120,000 of some of the country鈥檚 most troubled families by the end of this Parliament.

New figures show that troubled families cost the tax payer an estimated 拢9billion per year, equivalent to 拢75,000 per family. This is spent on protecting the children in these families and responding to the crime and anti-social behaviour they commit.

A new Troubled Families Team based within the Department for Communities and Local Government and headed by Louise Casey CB, has been established to join up efforts across Whitehall, provide expert help to local areas and drive forward the strategy.

Under the new plans the Government will offer up to 40 per cent of the cost of dealing with these families to local authorities - but on a payment-by-results basis when they and their partners achieve success with families.

Success will be determined by:

• getting children back into school
• reducing their criminal and anti-social behaviour
• getting parents on the road back to work
• reducing the costs to the taxpayer and local authorities

皇冠体育app new programme will also fund a national network of Troubled Family 鈥楾rouble-Shooters鈥� who will be appointed by local councils. 皇冠体育appir responsibilities will include making sure the right families are getting the right type of help, that sanctions are in place when needed, and that positive results are being achieved with the troubled families in their area.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister, who formally launched the programme during a visit to a Family Intervention Centre in Sandwell, said:

Last year the state spent an estimated 拢9 billion on just 120,000 families, around 拢75,000 per family. Our heart tells us we can鈥檛 just stand by while people live these lives and cause others so much misery. Our head tells us we can鈥檛 afford to keep footing the monumental bills for social failure. So we have got to take action to turn troubled families around.

This immense task will take new ways of thinking, committed local action, flexibility and perseverance. But I know too that it鈥檚 a task we can鈥檛 shirk. People in troubled families aren鈥檛 worthless or pre-programmed to fail. I won鈥檛 allow them to be written off. So we must get out there, help them their lives around and heal the scars of the broken society.

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