All children deserve the best start in life, and early education and childcare are crucial to this. When I was at the Treasury in 1997 there was a huge amount of expectation and excitement about the policies we were developing to improve children's lives.
The introduction of child tax credits and working tax credits, our child poverty targets and - of course - Sure Start Children's Centres have changed the face of the support available for working families. I'm pleased to have come full circle from being involved at those earliest stages to now overseeing the final drive to open 3,500 children's centres - one for every community across the country.
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