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By Beatrix Campbell, Nursery World, 8 December 2005

Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says it's too much to expect Sure Start to change society, or social services One thing we know for sure. Sure Start is a good thing. What we also know for sure is that the best childcare in the world can't cure the worst places in the world. Why would anyone think that Sure Start could make Murder Mile a better place to live? Why would anyone think that a child born into a dangerous milieu will be saved by Sure Start from the assault on its wellbeing that everyday life will bring?

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