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A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision, says journalist Terri White

Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.

I worked with Sure Start and saw the good it brought to communities.

Labour’s deputy leader is northern, working class and a strong woman – so obviously Tories and the Conservative press are out to bring her down ahead of a general election where she will be a major asset on the doorstep, says John Rentoul

Labours Bury North candidate James Frith says the "arts must not be reserved for the privileged few" in his latest column.

Letters:<strong> John Bercow </strong>says<strong> </strong>the early years programme was a crucial life enhancer for millions of children and could be a key election battleground. Plus letters from <strong>Prof Gary Craig</strong>, <strong>Deborah Hayter</strong>, <strong>Keith Reed </strong>and<strong> Ian Wrigglesworth</strong>

Labour’s deputy leader is northern, working class and a strong woman – so obviously Tories and the Conservative press are out to bring her down ahead of a general election where she will be a major asset on the doorstep, says John Rentoul

As calls grow for Labour to reinstate the centres for early years support, we hear from some of those who saw its benefits

Labour, unsurprisingly, is crowing about a paper published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies claiming that Tony Blair’s Sure Start centres improved the GCSE results of children from low-income families a decade after attending the centres. Children who lived within 2.5 km of a Sure Start Centre before 5, it finds, went on to score

Children living near Sure Start centres in their first five years of life performed better in their GCSEs than others, according to a new report whose […]