The new Social Justice Strategy sets out 'an ambitious new vision for supporting the most disadvantaged individuals and families in the UK', focusing on prevention throughout a person's life, with carefully designed interventions. The importance of family is also heavily emphasised as 'the most important building block in a child's life'. Local leaders across the country are being encouraged to consider what more they can do to embed the principles of the strategy in the way they fund and commission services.

There are some excellent examples of this already happening, for example in some community budget areas, demonstrating how simple approaches to joining up services can dramatically improve outcomes and reduce the demands made on individual services. Tackling Broken Britain: Building a Stronger Society will focus on the role of these services, featuring practical examples of truly integrated working across agencies.