Time to reverse recession cuts to family support services

Cuts to spending on preventable social problems are a false economy, as the costs become much greater further down the line, writes Suzanne Connolly

Time to reverse recession cuts to family support services

Cuts to spending on preventable social problems are a false economy, as the costs become much greater further down the line, writes Suzanne Connolly

YOU’RE the man of the house now, Jack. That’s what 10-year-old Jack’s dad wrote in the note he left for his family after he died by suicide last year, unwittingly placing a heavy emotional and practical responsibility on a child.

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