A poll of CYP Now readers reveals that 97 per cent of those who responded said they “would like to see a return to Sure Start for children and families” while just three per cent disagreed with the statement.
Sure Start is a UK-wide programme that was introduced to support children under four and their families in disadvantaged areas in 1998 under a Labour government.
However, research carried out by the Early Years Alliance in 2022 found that over the last decade more than 1,000 children’s centres in England had closed.
CYP Now launched its survey following the publication of an article by Rob Wilson, Conservative MP for Reading East from 2005-2017 and former minister for civil society, which states that a review by the Social Mobility Commission “shows the flagship New Labour childcare scheme had little impact”.
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