Many nasty Tory plans waiting in the woodshed!
April 11, 2010
Tories plans to close thousands of Sure Start are a devastating blow to working families.
Daily Mirror and Guardian reports:
The party’s universities and skills spokesman David Willetts warned that only a few of the 3,197 centres would survive under David Cameron.
Sure Start was set up under Labour to help under fives from poor backgrounds.
But Mr Willetts said the Tories would limit them to only the most deprived areas in a plan to save an estimated £200million. He said: “Sure Start should go back to its founding principles of helping those families in great difficulties, not just become a children’s centre to help parents who are in work.”
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