Ed Davies is Policy Director of the Centre of Social Justice. A veteran of health policy, he has a storied career as a journalist, editor, and policy wonk and has worked for several UK government cabinet ministers during his career. His work has focused on the role of relationships in making us truly happy and healthy.

In this conversation, Ed and I think out loud about the issues surrounding family dynamics and breakdown in the UK, the alarming statistics regarding family structures, the rise of fatherless households and the decline of marriage, what cultural shifts have influenced family formation or increasing lack thereof, why family formation and well-being should be prioritised over GDP, the concerning state of boys and young men in society and why they are struggling, the impact of technology on relationships, the need for male-only spaces to nurture boys and men's masculinity, the reasons behind and challenges of worklessness, the role of romantic relationships in employment, the need for reform in the criminal justice system, the housing crisis and much, much more.

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#083 - Ed Davies - Britain's Crises: Lost Boys, Broken Families & A Nation Out Of Work