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That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

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Iain Duncan Smith
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
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We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
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For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.
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The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.
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My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
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We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.
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You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.
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Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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The person that takes over needs to have the skills to manage that ... I believe Andrea [Leadsom] has the edge.
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I am also incredibly proud of my party because today we have two strong woman candidates going to the country, we will have a women PM and it is the Conservative party yet again leading the way on this and it says to women all over the country you can get to the top.
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I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.
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The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: Do this, do that.
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With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
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