Julian Le Grand, Professor of Social Policy at the London School ofEconomics, said the new policy would create a high-quality service togive social workers more control over their budgets.
The debate, 'The Contested Family: Under-valued or over-nannied?', wasorganised by the Family and Parenting Institute. It considered factorsoutside the home that influence family stability, in particularunemployment.
Anastasia de Waal, head of Family and Education at the think-tankCivitas, said, 'Telling people how to parent won't create stability.Looking at employment is the most important thing'.
Professsor Le Grand suggested that to reduce the number of relationshipbreak-ups, marriage should be the 'default' setting once co-habitingcouples have children, making them automatically regarded in law asmarried and obliged to get a divorce to separate.
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