Labour launches £500m ‘Best Start’ child support programme amid Reform poll surge

The government has announced a £500 million scheme to help disadvantaged children – Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the rollout of extra "Best Start" family hubs would offer youth services and parenting support.

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The plans echo the Sure Start programme brought in by Tony Blair in the late 1990s.

Phillipson also acknowledged that mistakes had been made during the government’s first year in office, as new polling suggests Reform UK would crush Labour if an election was held today.
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