In its education manifesto, launched today, Labour also reiterates a commitment to Sure Start, creating up to 50,000 more childcare places by ensuring centres ‘open their doors to local childcare providers.’
The party says it would ‘protect the entire education budget in real terms’, including early years funding, schools, and education and skills funding for young people over 16, should it win the general election.
The manifesto is being launched today (9 April) by Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt.
Labour says that it will ‘reinvigorate the role of Sure Start centres giving them a renewed remit to act as a base for universal family services including childcare.’
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