Far be it for the government to help families stay together, instead they’ve done the exact opposite. They’ve been rewarding mothers for divorcing their husbands, according to research from Professor Marco Francesconi. He claims that the money the government have dished out in Tax Credits to single mothers makes them financially better off than when they were married, resulting in an increase in the divorce rate among the poorer classes in the UK.

Add to this the fact that the CSA reward parents with care for not allowing access to their children for the non resident parent, and you’re left with a society that tells the mother: divorce your husband and forbid him to see your kids, and you’ll get more money.

Prof Francesconi claims that Gordon Brown’s flagship policy, the Tax Credits scheme, has had the unintentional knock on effect of causes more families to break up.

Well done Gordon!

Clive Bellmore