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'Early intervention' schemes offer big return

Influential government adviser recommends the private sector should help to fund 'early intervention' schemes.

The private sector should help fund ‘early intervention' schemes for dysfunctional families, and could see a ‘strong return on investment', according to an influential government adviser.

Speaking at a Central Bedfordshire Council conference last week, Graham Allen MP, warned the public sector would ‘not be able to provide the upfront investment' needed for the programmes.

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