Kenneth Baker blames single parent families for social ills

Title

Kenneth Baker blames single parent families for social ills

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 May 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Conservative Party Chairman Kenneth Baker has blamed continuing high unemployment and increasing juvenile crime on the rising number of single parent families. Addressing a conference in London, he stressed the importance of family stability and promoted a return to the traditional family values of the sixties and seventies. Here, Baker emphasises the Government’s wish to hold fathers who desert their families more financially accountable. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Kenneth Baker

Keywords

Government; Crime; Social problems; Family disorganization; Unemployment; Family; Financial aid; Fathers; One parent families

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