Cameron 'feeds populist paranoia over British youth'

TV psychologist Tanya Byron today attacked David Cameron for branding Britain a "broken society".

At a conference fringe meeting, she accused the Tory leader of feeding "populist paranoia" and condemned his and Gordon Brown's language amid concerns over unruly teenagers and family breakdown.

Dr Byron, who has presented shows such as Little Angels, told the Children's Society: "Spin phrases... 'yob culture', 'hoodies', buy into stereotypes." She was also scathing about Labour plans for supervised flats for teenage mothers.