Local authorities have rushed to defend the Government’s under-fire Troubled Families programme despite claims they have made poor progress against key targets.
The Public Accounts Committee, which will tomorrow grill senior civil servants over the performance of the £1.3bn programme, is investigating after a leaked government-commissioned assessment by consultancy Ecorys raised concerns.
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