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  • David Cameron on families

    The Prime Minister spoke at the Relationships Alliance Summit, held at the Royal College of GPs, on putting families at the centre of domestic policy-making.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government will do more to support families to stay together

    The Prime Minister David Cameron sets out new measures to help families, along with a new commitment to put family life at the heart of policy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Study shows scale of troubled families' problems

    New report shows the range of troubled families' problems.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Legislation to help working families with childcare costs to receive second reading

    The Childcare Payments Bill aims to help working families with support of up to £2,000 per year for each child.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 53,000 troubled families' lives turned around

    Councils have been praised for turning around the lives of almost 53,000 troubled families in little over 2 years.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Troubled families: Hertfordshire

    Progress in Hertfordshire helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Portsmouth

    Progress in Portsmouth helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Bristol

    Progress in Bristol helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Wandsworth

    Progress in Wandsworth (London) helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: North Somerset

    Progress in North Somerset helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Wakefield

    Progress in Wakefield helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Prime Minister welcomes troubled families progress

    PM welcomes the news that 40,000 families have been turned around by this innovative programme, with results doubling in the last 6 months.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Troubled families: Leicestershire

    Progress in Leicestershire helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Stockton-on-Tees

    Progress in Stockton-on-Tees helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • Troubled families: Stockport

    Progress in Stockport helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  • £410 million for council services that put people first

    Eric Pickles announces £410 million in funding to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Women’s Aid conference

    Louise Casey's speech 'child abuse and domestic violence - time for early intervention?' to the Women's Aid conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Troubled Families programme on track at half way stage

    New figures show that the government’s ambition to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families is on track at its half way stage.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech to the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

    Eric Pickles' speech to the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Troubled Families programme

    Written ministerial statement on the Troubled Families programme by Eric Pickles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government