CYP Now - Election Interviews: Political parties make distinct choices for children and families

With just over a week to go until the general election, Neil Puffett asks key Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat spokesmen to outline their visions for the children's sector should their party form the next government.

With just a few days until Britain goes to the polls, the 2015 general election campaign is fast approaching its crescendo.

And during what has been one of the closest contests in living memory, with polls consistently suggesting the country is in line for another hung parliament, issues affecting children and young people have featured prominently.

Childcare has taken centre stage with an apparent bidding war breaking out between the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats over exactly how much free provision will be available and which children it will be offered to.

Meanwhile, improving child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is identified as a priority in all the main parliamentary parties' manifestos.

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