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August 9, 2020

Self-employment centres would help struggling workers and revive high streets, says NEF

Low-paid self-employed workers were unable to shift to home working during lockdown, unlike higher paid freelancers in professional services like consultancy or tutoring.
September 3, 2019

Children's cuts could cost election, say Conservative councillors

Around six in 10 Conservative councillors said police, health services and schools had been put under extra pressure by reduced spending on children’s services.
January 24, 2019

NAO report: pressures on children's social care

The National Audit Office says the Department for Education does not fully understand what is driving demand for children’s social care.
September 18, 2018

Further education and sixth-form funding in England severely squeezed, says IFS

Total school spending per pupil fell by eight per cent in real terms between 2009–10 and 2017, and spending on Sure Start children’s centres fell by 67 per cent.
April 6, 2018

Sutton Trust finds 1000 Sure Start centres have closed since 2008

As many as 1,000 Sure Start centres across the country have closed since 2009 – twice as many as the government has reported – according to a major new analysis published by the Sutton Trust.
February 2, 2013

Welfare: Archbishop should seek justice, not charity

The day before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby spoke at an evangelical church in Nottingham. His comments were summarised by the Daily Telegraph thus; ‘The welfare state cannot go on doing the job it has for the past 70 years and the Church should step in to fill the void, according to the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury’.
March 6, 2011

The Sure Start rebellion

Parents and carers across the country are outraged by government-forced cuts in 'early intervention' services and Sure Start, says Simon Barrow. Rhetoric on family support is not being matched by funding decisions.
October 26, 2009

Tory plans 'misguided and damaging' to families says children's charity

Plans by the Conservative Party to scrap Sure Start outreach workers are misguided and potentially damaging to hard-to-reach families, according to children's charity, Spurgeons.