Nursery World - Cross-party MPs call for greater post-Covid support for early years

The Early Years Commission is calling on the Government to extend financial support to children under the age of five in the wake of the pandemic.

The Early Years Commission is calling for greater investment in children's early years to improve their life chances

In its manifesto, published today, the Commission, whose members include cross-party MPS, argue that the Government’s catch-up for children in primary and secondary schools could have been widened to include early years providers – ‘safeguarding the burgeoning development of young children and improving childcare and working opportunities for their parents’.

It claims that ‘significant’ gaps in early years provision have been further exposed by the pandemic, and if they are not addressed, the Government’s plan to ‘build back better’ will be put at risk.

The Commission, which is chaired by Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, was jointly set-up by the Centre for Social Justice and the Fabian Society last year, to explore how to improve services for children from conception to age five.

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