Troubled Families programme could be renamed, says minister
James Brokenshire said that people need to be given a second chance. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesMinisters could rebrand the Troubled Families programme because of concerns the name is isolating and accusatory, the communities secretary, James Brokenshire, has said in a speech defending its results.The scheme, launched by David Cameron in 2011 after the London riots, targets families with repeating generational patterns of youth crime, long-term unemployment, teenage pregnancy and substa
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