Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said early years and childcare support would be a priority if Labour came into power. Ms Phillipson said Jeremy Hunt's autumn budget had a "pledge but no plan" for childcare. "As an important first step, we will make sure all primary schools are delivering universal free breakfast clubs which will make a really big difference to children at the start of the day and improving education standards as well," Ms Phillipson said.
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00:00 So in the last budget we had a big commitment from the Chancellor around childcare.
00:04 A pledge but no plan to make it happen and that's why parents are increasingly finding
00:08 that the promises that have been made to them, they just won't be delivered by this government.
00:12 I'm determined that Labour will be different. We've asked Sir David Bell, the former Chief Inspector of Ofsted,
00:17 to lead Labour's early years review to make sure that we've got the places that children and parents need,
00:21 that we're driving up standards in the sector.
00:23 As an important first step we've said that we will make sure that all primary schools
00:27 are delivering universal free breakfast clubs which will make a really big difference to children
00:31 at the start of the day but also in terms of improving academic standards as well.