Since there is no obvious and easy solution it should be possible to get a consensus between the parties on a multi-layered approach. However the main culprit is ,to my mind, pretty obviously the cycle of deprivation which in turn is largely attributable to the legacy of workless families. Now what have we heard lately about earlier ‘initiatives’ to get people back to work who continue endlessly on dubiously-earned disability benefit or lurch from one job-seekers allowance to another, the main factor being, of course, that some people are worse off on low wages than they are if they claim the maximum benefits associated with large families. This must be broken but what has this government so far achieved. We only ask because we want to know.