The report, published today by Birkbeck University, compared 6,000 three-year-olds and their families from 93 disadvantaged Sure Start areas with 2,000 of their peers from 72 similarly deprived areas. Its first evaluation in 2005 revealed Sure Start was not succeeding in supporting children and families in the most disadvantaged areas of England. But the latest research showed that in five out of 14 outcomes, such as language development, positive and negative social behaviours, and independence, children in Sure Start areas were doing better....