No pre-school, no child benefit, Tory thinktank says – but Tories have been closing Sure Start

”Apparently this idea comes from a Tory think tank called ‘Bright Blue’. It doesn’t seem so bright to This Writer.

Firstly, there is the question of whether sending a young child to pre-school education is worth it, both in terms of the youngster’s development and the expenses incurred by the parent. What’s the point of having child benefit if pre-school education costs more?

Secondly, there is the fact that Sure Start centres are being closed by the Conservative Government. It seems that more than 700 have been closed between May 2010, when the Conservatives took office as part of the Coalition Government, and February this year.

Labour has predicted that Conservative Government policies will lead to the closure of 1,000 more by 2020.

It is against this background that the ‘Bright Blue’ proposal to sanction parents if they don’t send their child to Sure Start centres must be measured.

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