Government relaunches its £450m troubled families programme.

[Pete]

And the first family to benefit from this initiative are the Camerons of Downing Street, London who left their eight year old daughter in the pub and didn't realise she wasn't with them until they got home…

 

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[therealjr]

Me thinks some Special Branch close protection officer is up for a kicking.

[Pete]

Obviously. It couldn't possibly the responsibility of the parents...

[Old Cruser]

@ Pete of course it is!! The buck always stop with the parents in my book - look at the Maddy McCann disapearance - no excuse --- and what was an 8 year old doing in a pub?

[therealjr]

Obviously Not !!!!!
Just on the main topic, have you done the maths?

They reckon around 120,000 families one way or another cost us £9bn!!!
That's £75m each!

If we just handed over the £450m and told them to emigrate that would still be nearly £4m each

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Old Cruser]

Thing that annoys me is that some families openly 'flount and get what they can'  They get away with it as well!    Whilst others who are just as needy have to soldier on.
From what I have heard the 'plan' is to get these 'needy families' up and running to be more self sufficient. The government are trying to 'break the mould' of families who have lived this way over generation - will it work?????

[Old Cruser]

I think they are including benefits in that aren't they, thing is not all families who claim benefits are scroungers

[Pete]

>> thing is not all families who claim benefits are scroungers

And we should never, ever forget that.

If a person works all their life and pays National Insurance, then find themselves out of a job, they should NOT be labelled scroungers. They are merely collecting on an insurance policy that they have paid for.

It's just too easy for the flog 'em and hang 'em brigade to make sweeping statements to rouse the bogey man...

[Old Cruser]

Quite right Pete.
The amount of money spent by social services alone must be hefty if you consider all the in-put they give, so maybe not just for 'the out of work?'

[therealjr]

Figures are a little out there.  £9Bn between 120,000 is £75,000 not £75m.

I've got a billion as 1,000,000,000,000??
 

[Old Cruser]

Wish I had a billion JR

[Fly]

Wish I knew where my kids where 

The family flitted last week, and I still don't know where to 

[chesterfieldchris]

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[Old Cruser]

There you are JR - you now have a big ego  ??? and that's official