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Putting families at the heart of the agenda say Tories
David Cameron has pledged to put families at the heart of his agenda. His vow came as a commission led by former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith warned that marriage breakdown was behind many of Britain's social problems. The commission's report - Breakdown Britain - warned that massive debt and broken families were creating a growing underclass in the UK.25-12-2006
 It found family splits caused social problems costing £20bn and called for a radical reappraisal of policy on marriage.
Describing the report as "powerful and convincing", Mr Cameron said Conservative policies should aim to help families stay together, possibly with the help of changes to taxation to support marriage.
He said the report "demonstrates clearly the links that exist between social breakdown, family breakdown, educational failure, indebtedness and drug and alcohol abuse".
He added: "If marriage rates went up, if divorce rates came down, if more couples stayed together for longer, would our society by better off? My answer is yes.
"And so I will set a simple test for each and every one of our policies: does it help families?"
Click here to read the 'Breakdown Britain' report in full Source http://www.conservatives.com http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=134092
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