CYP Now - General election result: Sector calls for 'urgent' investment in early years and an end to child poverty

Early years leaders have called on the government for “urgent” investment in the sector following the Conservative Party’s election win.

Sector leaders have laid-out their priorities for politicians. Picture: Adobe Stock

Meanwhile, education leaders have demanded an end to increasing child poverty rates.

Boris Johnson’s party won by a majority of 80 seats with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announcing he would not lead his party in another election.

As the results emerged on Friday morning (13 December), early years and education groups called for children to be made a priority by the new government.

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The Early Years Alliance (EYA) warned that the Conservative government “could leave the sector facing an £800m funding shortfall by the end of this parliament that will further increase parent fees and force more providers to close”.

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