One way in which the current Government hopes to leave a lasting legacy is by changing the face of public services, not just by improving their delivery, which can always be undone, but by creating a new service: childcare.
Childcare, and integrated services at the heart of the vision of children's centres and extended schools, are being referred to by ministers and senior Labour figures as "the new frontier of the welfare state".
On Wednesday, the Government's two-yearly spending review is expected to add detail to some of the funding announced by Gordon Brown in his last Budget, in particular the 669m to build 700 more children's centres in the most deprived neighbourhoods by 2008 to bring the total to 1,700.
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