“The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.”
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We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.
Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt - all this can do more for a child's well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits.
There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
