Balls hits back at Cameron's broken society claim

Children's secretary Ed Balls has responded to the latest attacks on broken Britain in a piece on Labour List today.

Refering to the Tory attacks following the Sun's revelation of the 13 year old father he says that

the idea that this tragic case means "Britain is broken" is absurd. As was David Cameron's shocking claim in a Sunday newspaper that the appalling way in which Karen Matthews locked-up and abused her daughter, Shannon, could well be repeated by the 5 million mothers who currently receive income-related benefits.

adding that

1 Iain Duncan-Smith's strategy simply ignores the facts. Over the last decade teenage pregnancy rates have fallen. So has child poverty. And thousands more young people are volunteering.

2.the Conservative Party consistently refuses to support our Children's Plan policies to tackle the causes of under-achievement, poverty or crime.

3.Tory policies would makes things worse.