Politicians and family values do not go well together - just ask the last Conservative government. It seems Labour did not learn. A planned white paper has caused a split in the cabinet over whether marriage should be declared better than co-habiting. It will not be, but the row has delayed publication until the New Year.
Many couples still consider their wedding day the happiest day of their lives.
Adrian Prior Sankey is not just a leading councillor, he is also a priest. He has seen too many of the couples he has married go their separate ways. So he has got both the council and churches involved in the new Taunton Family Group. Almost everyone agrees something must be done Our aim is to make people stop and think, not just spend lots of money on one wedding day but on a lifelong relationship of marriage. The cost to Britain of the breakdown of families is 15bn.