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UK child poverty taskforce set to recommend return of Sure Start scheme
Government source says there are doubts over cost of reinstating early years service brought in by previous Labour administration
The government-backed child poverty taskforce is likely to recommend the return of early years service Sure Start, the Guardian understands, though there are doubts in government about whether it could be funded.
Senior ministers including Rachel Reeves, Liz Kendall and Bridget Phillipson have praised the service in the past, citing it as one of the crowning achievements of the last Labour government. Continue reading...