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Troubled Families scheme a 'distraction,' claims Iain Duncan Smith

Funding for the Troubled Families programme would be better spent elsewhere, a former cabinet minister has suggested.

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By Martin Ford | 24 May 2018

Funding for the Troubled Families programme would be better spent elsewhere, a former cabinet minister has suggested.

The scheme was described as a ‘distraction' by Iain Duncan Smith when he addressed the Work and Pensions Committee yesterday.

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