Leah Fraser, Steve Williams, Simon Mountney and Me At the Sure Start Centre at Lingham Primary School
SECRET PLANS by Wirral’s Labour-led Council to slash the help for young mums and dads have been uncovered. Less than seven days after Angela Eagle MP promised to defend Sure Start, her Labour-led Council announced cuts of £300,000.
The money for Sure Start is being raided by the Council to try to plug the massive cash shortage in the Town Hall. Local campaigner Steve Williams has warned that mums and dads will be worse off with the cuts: “Many of the parents I have spoken to in Moreton really like Sure Start. “It provides help with the important early years. This cut goes against everything local people need,” added Steve.
It seems that parents are paying the price for Labour’s broken economy. Nationally, the Government is about to axe Childcare Vouchers that help get people off benefits and into work. Last week, the current Labour MP was praising Sure Start. This week, her Council has revealed plans to cut it. TIME FOR CHANGE!
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It’s A Fact! « Moreton and Saughall Massie Matters // January 17, 2010 at 3:39 pm
[...] Plans have been announced by the Conservatives to give a boost to Sure Start. The service helps mums and dads with the early years of their child’s life. Our plans will see the service boosted with several thousand new, qualified health visitors. The Conservative plans would also see Sure Start centres funded by the Government, to stop councils raiding their budgets. It was revealed last year that Wirral Council has recently taken £300,000 from Sure Start! [...]