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Labour will launch a programme of engagement events to talk to families about education and childcare services as new data shows the Tories have cut spending on Sure Start centres and under fives by 40% since 2015.
On a visit to a London Early Years Foundation nursery on Friday with Sadiq Khan and Kate Green, shadow minister Tulip Siddiq will stress the need for a âbig conversationâ to ensure all children can recover from the pandemic.
Government figures show that local authority expenditure in the financial year 2019/20, on Sure Start childrenâs centres and children under five, was £560m. This was down 6% on the previous year and it has fallen each year since 2014/15.