UK: The £100 billion annual cost of broken families

Thu, 4 Nov 2010

Kids from broken families are suffering poor outcomes and it is costing the nation up to a staggering £100 billion a year, a Government minister says.

Children raised in single parent households are nine times more likely to begin a life of crime than those who were raised by both parents, according to a stark warning by Iain Duncan Smith.

Speaking yesterday the Work and Pensions Secretary slammed Labour for undermining the role of the family, warning it had led to more crime, more poverty and poorer prospects for children. the rest

“Sadly the last Government seemed determined to undermine marriage – for example, by removing references to it from official forms.”