The Conservatives want to put plans in place for families, and one of these plans is to offer tax breaks for married couples. These plans are a move from the Tories to aim to help create stable families for children to grow up in. The figures of unmarried and divorced couples gets increasingly higher, and many make the connection between this and anti-social behaviour.

Both the Lib Dems and Labour have accused the Tories of social engineering, but William Hague, shadow foreign secretary has accused Labour of the same thing with their

couples penalty

which seems to Mr Hague to be encouraging parents not to live together.

Whatever the outcome, family policy is set to become a hot topic for this year’s election campaign.