However, when the same day it came to light that critical funds allocated for early intervention are now subjected to significant reductions, it seemed that what was being given with one hand was being taken away with the other.
It is proposed that £150m from the Early Intervention Grant – which funds children’s centres alongside other core services for children and young people’s learning, development, health and wellbeing – will be held back for central spending and a further £286m is being removed and is currently unaccounted for.
In total, £436m is to be taken from the grant over two years – 21 per cent of its total.
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