Not only does it set out specific policies, but also outlines some of the principles it will use to underpin children and young people's policies if it returns to government.
Ever since Michael Gove renamed the then Department for Children, Schools and Families to the Department for Education - indicating where the new government's priorities would lie - many in the sector have been looking to Labour for ideas on how it would bring back the department's broader focus.
Now, with just over two months to go to the election, the party's announcements of delivering 50,000 more childcare places through Sure Start children's centres and the creation of a child protection unit in government go some way to doing that. But some will be left disappointed that it has not gone further.
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