Alan Duncan has argued that Britain must be re-civilised - or risk a decline into the chaos of <i>Lord of the Flies</i>.
The government is "partly to blame" for the public's loss of faith in politics, international development secretary Hilary Benn has said.
Home secretary John Reid has said two new prisons will be built - one in Merseyside and the other in London.
David Cameron has today said there should be a national effort to save the family in the UK.
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