Funding for troubled families is vital. Councils won't cope if it's withdrawn

My council receives £800,000 a year and funds the work of 30 people. We need to know what the future holds

Paying for a pair of walking boots so a young person can go on a school trip, and dealing with a bed bug infestation that led to a child refusing to take part in a PE class because she was ashamed of the bites. This is some of the work my council does with funding from the Troubled Families programme.

We receive more than £800,000 a year through the scheme. Among other things, it’s funding the majority of a sizeable casework team of around 30 people, who work with hundreds of families at any one time.

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