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Hilary Cooper, a shadow minister, pledged to restore and expand health services in family hubs across England, mirroring the original Sure Start program. The initiative aims to support over 1,000 family centers within two years with enhanced infant feeding and mental health support for parents. Labour highlights that since 2010, these services have been largely absent due to Conservative policies, despite evidence showing significant educational benefits from the initial Sure Start scheme.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Yvette Cooper, Health and Social Care Secretary of the UK's Labour government, announced plans on Wednesday at the Labour conference in Liverpool to revive the principles of the Sure Start program with a new initiative called "Healthy Babies." This scheme aims to expand services for parents and infants across all local authority areas in England. The goal is to establish up to 1,000 family hubs by April 2027, offering enhanced support including infant feeding assistance, mental health support, and relationship-building with newborns. Labour plans to invest £500 million over the next two years for this expansion, mirroring the original Sure Start program that was initiated in 1998 but later dismantled by Conservative cuts post-2010. The new policy aims to address disparities in early childhood care and support families through integrated health and social services.
Written for “Early Childhood Support Programmes” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Andy Burnham will continue efforts to set out his radical programme for government, with the current triple lock on pensions set to be dropped to pay for a national social care service, the promise of a change in the electoral system and the potential for Labour to campaign to rejoin the European Union.
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Labour → continue → Union
The Health Secretary will set out the expansion of the Healthy Babies programme to all local authority areas to revive the Sure Start principle of an integrated approach to supporting families.
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Secretary → set → families
The plan – dubbed “Sure Start 2.0” by aides – will see parents get enhanced infant feeding and mental health support, help to form strong relationships with their babies along with contact with health visitors and midwives.
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parents → dub → visitors
Labour has been setting up new family hubs, however more than half of local authorities in England currently do not have health services in the centres, unlike the original Sure Start scheme.
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half → set → scheme
Ms Cooper is expected to say: “Since the election, Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell have been working to rebuild family hubs across the country, bringing back support for parents and for young children.
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“But something is missing.
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“That changes now.
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“I can announce we will bring back the Sure Start health services into every family centre.
“Reaching up to 1,000 hubs over the next two years.
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“One of the Labour Party’s greatest achievements restored to families throughout the land.
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Labour pointed to analysis of the original scheme by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which showed access to a Sure Start centre between birth and age five significantly improved the educational achievement of children, with benefits lasting at least until GCSEs.
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access → point → GCSEs
But the party said the programme was “left to fade away” by the Conservatives after 2010.
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programme → say → 2010
As Labour delegates leave Liverpool, Mr Burnham will use a series of broadcast interviews to explain his radical agenda as he begins to set out his party’s approach to the next general election.
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he → leave → election
In his conference speech on Tuesday he vowed to turn the page on Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s reforms and bring about greater public control over housing, water and energy.
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he → vow → housing
He confirmed he wants to end the current pensions triple lock, which guarantees increases in line with the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5%, in order to free up cash to fund his long-held ambition of creating a NHS-style care service in England.
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And he said Labour will fight the next election with a commitment to change the first-past-the-post system used in Westminster contests.
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Mr Burnham also set out the need for the UK to decide on its “long-term relationship” with the European Union, vowing to set out “options” for ties with Brussels around the major UK-EU summit later this year – which could potentially see Labour going into the next election seeking to rejoin the bloc.
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