The government’s Sure Start programme appears to be succeeding in its aim of improving the chances of children born into deprived families, the latest evaluation shows today. The ambitious programme, launched in 1999, supports parents in the poorest communities and tries to intervene to overcome the disadvantages their babies experience from birth. Children from deprived backgrounds generally suffer from worse health, do less well at school and are more likely to end up involved in crime than children from more affluent neighbourhoods.
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