On one of the Wirral Tory websites it is claimed that there are secrets plans by the Labour led Council to slash funding for Sure Start by £300,000. This is nonsense as the Tories well know, the facts are
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No Sure Start Service Has Been Cut.
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The £300,000 Funding Is Not Required By Sure Start In This Financial Year.
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Additionally The £300,000 In Question Is Being Diverted To Other Services For Children Aged 0-5.
For all the promises by the Tories to protect Sure Start (don’t forget David Cameron’s ‘Cast Iron Guarantee’ over the Lisbon Treaty) Lets not forget that prior the Labour Government being elected in 1997, there was no Sure Start. It was Labour who had the vision to create Sure Start, which was opposed by the Tories.
Maybe the reason the Tories are peddling this misinformation is because of the by-election in Moreton later this week, or could it be that because in the polls support for the Tories is dropping (7 point drop last week alone) the Tories feel they need top adopt these scare tactics. The disgusting thing is the upset caused to mums, dads and the children who use these centres totally unnecessarily.