Education Secretary unveils £500m family hub programme

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announces a £500m plan to create 'Best Start' family hubs across England, inspired by the Sure Start model. The hubs will combine health, parenting, and early years services to give children a stronger start and support parents nationwide. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Today I'm announcing Revitalised Family Services so building on the legacy of

00:04the Last Labour Government Sure Start programme we're investing 500 million

00:08pounds into Best Start family hubs that will bring together family support services

00:12health services and parenting support to make sure that all children can

00:16achieve and thrive this is a big step forward and will really help parents

00:19particularly when their children are young we're making sure that we get

00:22across every local authority at the moment not every area has that kind of

00:26support but we'll also bring together a digital offer as well so that in keeping

00:31with the modern age learning the lessons of the past from Sure Start but also

00:35building in terms of what works

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