As general election campaigning begins to gather momentum, Labour has come out with two significant policy announcements relating to children and young people.
Following shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt's pledge to re-open scores of mothballed children's centres to provide 50,000 additional childcare places, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper unveiled plans to tackle child abuse through a new child protection unit based within government.
CYP Now spoke with Labour's shadow children's minister Steve McCabe to get the detail behind the proposals.
Sure Start
Tristram Hunt wants to "save Sure Start" by providing 50,000 additional childcare places in children's centres that have been mothballed or closed in the past five years.
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