as children's centres are rolled out across the country, David Blunkett, minister for work and pensions, reminded parents and early years and childcare workers last week.
Mr Blunkett told Nursery World, 'We recognise that if we're going to reach the number of parents that we need to, and care for the number of children, we need to rapidly expand children's centres.
'But we also recognise that the core of Sure Start - the work with families, the outreach to communities, the added value that Sure Start brings - should not be lost. So in the areas for which Sure Start was originally designed, I want to keep that core and I want the children's centres to learn from the best Sure Start offers. I don't want to lose what Sure Start was originally all about.'
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