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Wednesday briefing: Can we turn around the growing school readiness crisis?

In today’s newsletter: Rising living costs, shrinking early years services and soaring screen use are reshaping what teachers encounter on the first day of school, with consequences felt across the system

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s child poverty strategy is a great step forward for social justice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

The Independent UK

More reading tests won’t help children improve their literacy – here’s what will

Letters: Michael Robinson says teachers, governors and unions need to get round the table and find real solutions, not argue about testing for 13-year-olds. Plus letters from Simon Gibbs, Helen Elliott and Tristram Burden

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Parenting advice on social media is often poor quality, says Phillipson

Education secretary warns against misleading claims online during launch of ‘Best Start in Life’ campaign

The Guardian - UK

Third of parents relying on social media to find parenting tips – survey

The Department for Education is launching new guidance to help parents find evidence-backed advice.

Evening Standard

Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates

As party members prepare to choose between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, the pair give their views on wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right

The Guardian - UK

Focusing on children’s first 1,001 days can build neighbourhood support for migrant families

The UK government’s new ten-year health plan for England prioritises tackling health inequalities through local preventive measures. One promising approach is to build on the strengths of migrant families by fostering neighbourhood peer support – particularly for underserved communities.

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The rise and fall of Angela Rayner: from council estate to the halls of power

She escaped poverty to become a leading light of the Labour party, only to be brought down over a property tax payment scandal

Evening Standard

Bring back early years scheme Sure Start to fend off Reform, Labour urged

The education secretary has been urged to revive the Sure Start brand for family centres

The Independent UK

Labour urged to revive Sure Start label to win back Reform voters

Commission says new Best Start project should be called Sure Start to rebuild trust in austerity damaged areas

The Guardian - UK

England’s family hubs plan aims to build on Sure Start’s success – but may struggle to overcome today’s child poverty levels

The government has announced its strategy for “giving every child the best start in life”, laying out proposals covering early years care, education and support in England.

The Conversation

To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future

Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everything, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to protect Sure Start-type system from any future Reform assault

Exclusive: Education secretary says scheme will be so deeply embedded that no rightwing party can unpick it

The Guardian - UK

‘He just told me lies to have sex with a teenage girl’: Natalie Fleet MP on grooming, statutory rape and fighting back

At 15, she began seeing an older man and conceived her beloved daughter. It was years before she properly understood it as abuse. Now she is working tirelessly in parliament for other survivors

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The Guardian view on regenerating neighbourhoods: levelling up was a good idea, Labour should reclaim it

Editorial: ‘Left-behind’ places have not had much attention since last year’s election. Now their champions are fighting back

The Guardian - UK

Momentum to revive Sure Start is long overdue – it’s been a lifeline for my son and me

The early years service stayed open in my area as many others closed. A recommendation to restore it across England is long overdue, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

Future of world-renowned children’s centre in hands of Reform UK

Pen Green, a model for Labour’s Sure Start, could face closure if Reform-led North Northamptonshire council fails to act

The Guardian - UK

Delaying child poverty plan until autumn budget is ‘right call’, says Brown

Delay has caused anxiety among MPs, but former PM says ministers need time to secure funding for flagship strategy

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The Guardian - UK

By delaying its child poverty plan, Labour has a chance to reverse 15 years of inequality

As a former chancellor, I know this challenge can only be met in a budget. But Starmer and Reeves must not waste their chance, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

UK child poverty taskforce set to recommend return of Sure Start scheme

Despite praise for Sure Start from some in the Labour party, there are also concerns that resuming the service would be difficult and costly

The Guardian - UK

Sure Start centres generated £2 of financial benefits for every £1 spent, study finds

New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report

The Guardian - UK

We should celebrate Labour’s good news on nurseries – but it needs to be bolder

Funding schools to set up nurseries works. Why spend more on older children, when we know spending earlier is most effective, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy

Research reveals that Tessa Jowell’s programme not only helped early years children but went on to reduce youth crime

The Guardian - UK

Labour can find money for the great god of infrastructure – but what about actual people?

A new report lays bare the scandal of special needs provision, a crisis that sums up just how expensive austerity ends up being, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Sure Start’s legacy: investing in children brings rewards

Editorial: A reduction in serious youth offending can now be added to the benefits brought about by Labour’s flagship family support programme

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