Social workers have been
urged to get "on the sofas" of England's most dysfunctional families to
help them break a "grim" cycle of abuse. Government adviser Louise Casey said some households could
get daily visits as part of a scheme to target 120,000 of the most
troubled families.
In a report for ministers she details a picture of welfare dependency and sexual abuse going back generations. She said it was "wrong that we allow them to carry on living this way".
The government says 120,000 "troubled families" in England
cost taxpayers £9bn every year - and want to turn their lives around by
2015. Ms Casey insisted the evidence showed these families could
change - despite mixed results from initiatives she was involved in
under the previous Labour government.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's not about left
wing, it's not about right wing, it's about doing the right thing and
the right thing is... to get our sleeves rolled up nationally, locally
and in these people's lives.
You can read more about this story on the BBC News website here.
Louise Casey's full report is available to download here.
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