In a move further cementing Britain's reputation as a nanny state and surely causing Eric Arthur Blair to perform feats of gymnastic virtuosity in his Oxfordshire grave, England’s left-wing government is planning to expand its “Youth Crime Action Plan” to encompass 20,000 problem families at a potential cost of £400 million over the next two years. 2,000 families have already undergone this program, where CCTVs are installed in subject homes in order to monitor children 24 hours a day in a bid “to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.”
Also called “Sin Bins,” these monitoring projects also entail sending private security guards to check on the families to ensure the program is being followed. Referring to the program the Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls, said: “This is pretty tough and non-negotiable support for families to get to the root of the problem. There should be Family Intervention Projects in every local authority area because every area has families that need support.”
[Daily Express via Gadget Lab]
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