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Additional £165m made available for troubled families

Councils have been given access to £165m of new funding through the government’s Troubled Families programme.

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced the cash which will help coordinate intervention by different services

The programme was originally set up to last for five years from 2015 to 2020 but was extended by a year in the 2019 spending round 2019. The new £165m of funding has been confirmed for 2020/2021.

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