Revealed: The £9billion cost of Britain's 120,000 problem families blighted by jobless parents and truanting children

Problem families are each costing the taxpayer an astonishing £75,000 every year, new figures reveal today. 

Ministers have been horrified by research showing that on average £9billion is spent each year on 120,000 families blighted by jobless parents and truanting children.

More than two-thirds of this is devoted to protecting children – via social care and child support – and tackling the crime and anti-social behaviour such families often generate.      Read More