Pickles: No more excuses for problem families
Eric Pickles will tomorrow announce incentives for councils to send in troubleshooters for problem families as part of what he sees as the end of the "it's not my fault" culture. The Communities Secretary told the Independent on Sunday that there will be a "little less understanding" in the Government's approach to the 120,000 problem families who cost the country £9bn each year. The NSPCC has revealed that child neglect cases referred to them have risen 30% in the past year.