Publication date:
Monday, May 13, 2013
Local councils in England are on course to meet the coalition government's target for turning around the lives of 'troubled' families, according to the latest progress report.
The government has pledged to support 120,000 families by 2015 – by improving children's school attendance, cutting youth crime and anti-social behaviour, and putting parents on a path back to work. Local councils are rewarded on a payment-by-results basis.