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The Troubled Families programme is a United Kingdom Government scheme under the Department for Communities and Local Government with the stated aim of helping troubled families turn their lives around.

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  1. "Louise Casey CB". Gov.uk. 2013-07-16. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/louise-casey. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  2. "Listening to Troubled Families: A report by Louise Casey CB, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Communities and Local Government" (PDF). https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6151/2183663.pdf. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  3. "Gloucestershire County Council |Families First". Gloucestershire.gov.uk. http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/extra/familiesfirst. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  4. "Welsh Government|Families First". Wales.gov.uk. http://wales.gov.uk/topics/childrenyoungpeople/parenting/help/familiesfirst/?lang=en. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  5. The trouble with the Troubled Families Programme – repeating the failed attempts of the past, Stephen Crossley & Michael Lambert, London School of Economics, 18 August 2016 http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/the-trouble-with-the-troubled-families-programme-repeating-the-failed-attempts-of-the-past/
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  7. Patrick Wintour. "Eric Pickles hails progress in tackling 'troubled families' | Society". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/25/problem-families-department-for-communities. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  8. Steve Doughty (2013-11-26). "£450m scheme for problem families to turn their lives around helps just 1,500 parents find work | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513577/450m-scheme-problem-families-turn-lives-helps-just-1-500-parents-work.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  9. Decca Aitkenhead. "Troubled Families head Louise Casey: 'What's missing is love' | Society". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/29/troubled-families-louise-casey-whats-missing-love. Retrieved 2014-02-03. 
  10. The Troubled Families Programme (England), House of Commons Library, 21 December 2016, page 11 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7585/CBP-7585.pdf
  11. The Troubled Families Programme (England), House of Commons Library, 21 December 2016, page 12 http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7585/CBP-7585.pdf
  12. Butler, Patrick (22 June 2015). "Troubled families scheme outcomes: miraculous success or pure fiction?". The Guardian (UK). https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/22/troubled-families-scheme-outcomes-miraculous-success-or-pure-fiction. 
  13. "Government misled public with 99% success rate claim on troubled families, say MPs". Press Association quoted in the Guardian (UK). 20 December 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/20/troubled-families-government-misled-public-99-success-claim-say-mps. 
  14. "Troubled families turnaround claim misleading, say MPs". BBC News (UK Politics). 20 December 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38369557. 
  15. "Benefits of the Troubled Families programme to the taxpayer: report". https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-the-troubled-families-programme-to-the-taxpayer-report. 
  16. "More than 105,000 troubled families turned around saving taxpayers an estimated £1.2 billion". https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-than-105000-troubled-families-turned-around-saving-taxpayers-an-estimated-12-billion. 
  17. "A troubling attitude to statistics". 15 March 2015. https://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/troubling-attitude-statistics. 
  18. "£1.2 billion saved? The troubled families programme". https://fullfact.org/economy/12-billion-saved-troubled-families-programme/. 
  19. Cocco, Federica (11 March 2015). "Pickles says he saved £1.2bn by cracking down on Problem Families. He didn't.". http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/revealed-eric-pickles-12bn-troubled-5310002. 
  20. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/560512/Troubled_Families_Local_Authority_Cost_Savings.pdf Local Authority Data on the Cost and Potential Fiscal Benefits of the Troubled Families Programme, DCLG, 17 October 2016
  21. "Troubled Families report 'suppressed'". BBC News (England). 8 August 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37010486. 
  22. £1.3bn troubled families scheme has had 'no discernible impact' Lisa O'Carroll, The Guardian, 8 August 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/08/13bn-troubled-families-scheme-has-had-no-discernible-impact
  23. Johnstone, Richard (9 August 2016). "Ministers urged to publish Troubled Families report". Public Finance (UK). http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2016/08/ministers-urged-publish-troubled-families-report. 
  24. Bawden, Anna (9 August 2016). "The troubled families scheme has failed – this is the folly of payment by results". The Guardian (UK). https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/09/troubled-families-programme-failed. 
  25. "The Troubled Families programme: update, National Audit Office, October 2016". https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-troubled-families-programme-update.pdf. 
  26. National Evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme - Final Synthesis Report. Publication date: 17 Oct 2016 Author(s): Portes, J; Bewley, H. http://www.niesr.ac.uk/publications/national-evaluation-troubled-families-programme-final-synthesis-report#.WEbW2OlvjIU
  27. "NIESR Press Release – No evidence Troubled Families Programme had any significant impact on key objectives, NIESR evaluation finds". 17 October 2016. https://www.niesr.ac.uk/media/niesr-press-release-%E2%80%93-no-evidence-troubled-families-programme-had-any-significant-impact-key. 
  28. Oliver Wright and Michael Savage (17 October 2016). "Cameron 'wasted £1bn on troubled families'". The Times (London): pp. 1-2. 
  29. Rambhai, Jyoti (17 October 2016). "‘It’s like living in the SLUMS’: The REAL impact of Troubled Families programme revealed". Daily Express (UK). http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/722218/Dispatches-investigates-the-real-impact-of-Government-s-Troubled-Families-programme. 
  30. "Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government relating to the Troubled Families Programme, taken from Public Accounts Committee publications". https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2015-20-Parliament/Correspondence-chair-sos-Communities-Local%20Government-re-Troubled-Families-Programme-051016.pdf. 
  31. Tweet from official account: 765 pages of #troubledfamilies evaluation published tonight. Help us review and let us know your thoughts before Wed https://twitter.com/CommonsPAC/status/788071964724305924
  32. "Written evidence from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research to the Public Accounts Committee". http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/troubled-families/written/42437.pdf. 
  33. "House of Commons - Troubled families: progress review - Committee of Public Accounts". https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubacc/711/71102.htm. 
  34. "Government misled public with 99% success rate claim on troubled families, say MPs". The Guardian (UK). 19 December 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/20/troubled-families-government-misled-public-99-success-claim-say-mps?CMP=share_btn_link. 
  35. "Troubled families turnaround claim misleading, say MPs". BBC News (UK). 20 December 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38369557?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter. 
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