We're proud to be building on the legacy of Sure Start

Off The Fence

- Stephen Morgan, MP for Portsmouth South

Parents in Portsmouth look back with fondness, and often a sense of gratitude, for the support Sure Start services provided in those crucial early years of their children’s lives.

It was hearing their stories, and the difficulties of local families with young children growing up today, that inspired me to campaign locally to strengthen family services in our city.

Because in 2010, when the Conservatives came to power, they destroyed those services. The consequences were stark.

When they left government, one in four families with children under five couldn't access local children’s centres.