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Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2026

Debate

Best Start Family Hubs

Contribution

I believe that the Opposition now recognise that it was an enormous mistake to reduce the funding that went into Sure Start and family support. We are reaping the benefit of that decline in support. As one of the people on the front line in local authorities, I can tell noble Lords that it was one of the most difficult pieces of work that we had to do—reducing services that we knew delivered so well for families. I am delighted that we are now in a position to start rebuilding those services for the best outcomes for our young children coming through the system.

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