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Labour pledges to open Sure Start centres to charities and childcare providers

Labour have pledged to reimpose a requirement to local councils to provide childcare via Sure Start centres in a bid to "save" the network.

However, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt admitted in an interview that it would be up to charitable and private childcare providers, not councils, to resource the centres.

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Labour pledges to 'save' Sure Start network

Labour have pledged to reimpose a requirement to local councils to provide childcare via Sure Start centres in a bid to "save" the network, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt announced.

Labour leader Ed Miliband in a Sure Start centre in Feltham. Credit: Press Association

The network of facilities for parents in mostly deprived areas is seen as one of its most significant initiatives of its time in power.

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