Setting the target for the number of children meeting their early learning goals to 75 per cent at the age of five is equivalent to an extra 40,000 to 45,000 children a year, the government said.
Delivering a major speech at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, Keir Starmer set key targets for education, the police, the NHS, the economy, housebuilding, and clean power.
He said the studios ‘were a beacon to the world of British creative brilliance’ so he’ was delighted to launch the plan for change there.
Setting out the six milestones he said, ‘We face an almighty challenge to hit these milestones by the end of this Parliament. Like I say, we’re starting from ground zero. Waiting lists over 7 million. Housing starts and permissions the lowest for a decade. One in 3 children not ready for school at the age of five, that’s kids in Reception not starting to read, they’re struggling to speak.’
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