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We would like to hear from people – or parents of people – who were helped by the scheme.
We would like to hear from people – or parents of people – who were helped by the scheme. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
We would like to hear from people – or parents of people – who were helped by the scheme. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Tell us: how did Sure Start help you or your child?

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We would like to hear from people who benefited from New Labour’s early years programme

Gordon Brown and other veterans of the last Labour government have called upon Keir Starmer to include a new Sure Start-style programme in his election manifesto after a study showed its benefits to children from low-income backgrounds.

Sure Start was first announced in 1998 and saw the development of hundreds children’s centres across the UK.

We would like to hear from people – or parents of people – who were helped by the scheme.

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