We must do more for our young children. That was the clear message from practitioners and policymakers across the UK and their counterparts in other EU member states, who met at the European Parliament last month to conclude the two-year programme 'Working for Inclusion: the role of the early years workforce in addressing poverty and promoting social inclusion', led by Children in Scotland.
Children under five are at greater risk of poverty than any other major population group. Yet all evidence shows, in the words of Frank Field's report to the Prime Minister, that 'children's life chances are most heavily predicated on their development in the first five years of life'.
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