The Latest Breaking News from Sure Start

In today’s newsletter: Rising living costs, shrinking early years services and soaring screen use are reshaping what teachers encounter on the first day of school​, with consequences felt across the system

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

The UK government’s new ten-year health plan for England prioritises tackling health inequalities through local preventive measures. One promising approach is to build on the strengths of migrant families by fostering neighbourhood peer support – particularly for underserved communities.

She escaped poverty to become a leading light of the Labour party, only to be brought down over a property tax payment scandal

The education secretary has been urged to revive the Sure Start brand for family centres

Commission says new Best Start project should be called Sure Start to rebuild trust in austerity damaged areas

The government has announced its strategy for “giving every child the best start in life”, laying out proposals covering early years care, education and support in England.

Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everything, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Exclusive: Education secretary says scheme will be so deeply embedded that no rightwing party can unpick it