Neil Solo is the manager of the initiative which, he said, "equips black minority ethnic (BME) fathers with both the practical and emotional skills they need to play a stable and central role in their children's lives" through support groups to provide advice and discussion.

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But they failed to allow for the fact that the commission discharges lots of practical duties vital to national interests, and so needs a boss strong enough to keep it stable and orderly.

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