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The Government's solution to 'troubled families'

Harry Phibbs says some councils have not grasped the idea of localism.

By Harry Phibbs | 27 June 2012

I've been reading, It's all news to me, the engaging memoirs of the BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine.

He recalls the former Labour Government's health secretary, Alan Johnson, being a guest on his Radio 2 programme to discuss a £780m drive to curb obesity. During the phone-in section, 'Doris' from Rotherham, says: 'If you give obese people £780m, they're just going to spend it on food.'

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