Steve McCabe, shadow minister for children and families, has revealed that the political party plans on reinstating Sure Start centres and networks, but wants to take a different approach.
Speaking at the Family and Childcare Trust conference yesterday in response to a delegate’s question, Mr McCabe, MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak, said, ‘We want to go back and look again at the importance of Sure Start and children’s centres as it will save us money in the long-run.
‘A mistake we made with Sure Start was that we didn’t embed it efficiently or focus enough on developmental goals. We made Sure Start all things to all people.’
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