A commission of MPs and children’s campaigners has identified ending child poverty as a core priority for improving early years support and learning in the next decade. The Early Years Commission, which is co-chaired by former children’s minister and Conservative MP for Eddisbury Edward Timpson, warns that two million families with a child under the age of five live in poverty. Read more.
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