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.