Comments on: Report shows Sure Start transformed children’s health…before Tories and Lib Dems slashed spending on them https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/report-shows-sure-start-transformed-childrens-health-before-tories-and-lib-dems-slashed-spending-on-them/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Marmot review finds ten years of Tories has had "shocking" impact on health of poorest | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/report-shows-sure-start-transformed-childrens-health-before-tories-and-lib-dems-slashed-spending-on-them/#comment-1006890 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:10:17 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136714#comment-1006890 […] report says that funding for Sure Start and other early years services has been cut “significantly” while demand for these […]

]]> By: Tom Sacold https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/report-shows-sure-start-transformed-childrens-health-before-tories-and-lib-dems-slashed-spending-on-them/#comment-968447 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:04:29 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136714#comment-968447 The Sure Start scheme did a lot of very good work.

Around here, however, they were dominated by middle-class mums who could afford to spend years on a maternity career-break. Maybe when we reintroduce them we could run them on more egalitarian lines by getting those who can afford to pay for the service to do so.

]]> By: Patrick Newman https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/report-shows-sure-start-transformed-childrens-health-before-tories-and-lib-dems-slashed-spending-on-them/#comment-968434 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:42:52 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136714#comment-968434 The benefits of Sure Start are much wider than reducing hospital admissions for children. See:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SureStart. Sure Start is an important component of promoting equal opportunities as it is able to focus on the parental and child care needs of poor families. These cuts have a particular impact on those less able to get support.

]]> By: Patrick Newman https://leftfootforward.org/2019/06/report-shows-sure-start-transformed-childrens-health-before-tories-and-lib-dems-slashed-spending-on-them/#comment-968426 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:43:44 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=136714#comment-968426 The facts of the slashing of Sure Start centres needs to be remembered when people suggest the Lib Dems are rehabilitated and which is currently led by one who enthusiastically served under Cameron and Osborne.

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