Mission
Breaking down barriers to opportunity
Labour is breaking down barriers to opportunity, giving every child the best start in life through high-quality early education and giving more families access to childcare.
Our work so far
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Best Start in LifeLabour's Child Poverty Strategy
Labour’s new Child Poverty Strategy will look to tackle the root causes of child poverty – tackling the cost of essentials, boosting families’ incomes and improving local services. This will lift over half a million children out of poverty, the biggest reduction since records began.
This will help deliver on our goal to ensure every child has the best start in life. Alongside ending the two-child limit, providing 30-hours’ free childcare, delivering free school meals and breakfast clubs, this strategy puts the life chances of children at the heart of our mission to deliver a better Britain. -
Family SecurityUniform costs cut by capping branded items
Labour is limiting the number of branded uniform items schools can require to bring down costs, saving parents £50 on the back-to-school shop.
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Best Start in LifeRolling out free breakfast clubs
We’re rolling out free breakfast clubs – with 2.6 million meals already served to school children across England. The programme is boosting children’s life chances and parents’ work choices – helping kids start their day ready to learn, and saving parents an estimated £450 a year.
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Best Start in Life
Free school meals expanded to 500,000 more children
We have extended entitlement to free school meals to over half a million more children – a historic step that will lift 100,000 children out of poverty and save parents £500 a year. It’s part of Labour’s plan to break down barriers and give every child the best start in life.
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Family Security30-hours government funded childcare delivered
Labour has delivered 30-hours government-funded childcare, saving parents up to £7,500 a year and playing a vital role in getting children school-ready.
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Best Start in Life
Creating 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs
Labour is backing hard-working parents to make sure they benefit from more early help by creating up to 1,000 new Best Start Family Hubs. Building on the legacy of Sure Start, these one-stop-shops will offer parents not only crucial connections with other families, but also the health, education and wellbeing support they need. Backed by over £500 million, the hubs will roll out in every local authority in England by April 2026 and will give half a million more children the support they need to thrive.
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Family Security
£1 billion in employment support
Labour is delivering on our plan to get Britain working – creating good jobs and growth, rebuilding the NHS so people can get back to health and back to work, boosting job security and tackling the root causes of economic inactivity. We’re investing a record £1 billion a year in tailored employment and health support by the end of this Parliament, which is four times more than the last Conservative Government. This personalised support will help people, especially those with health conditions, return to work with security and support.
Why this is important
Opportunity is at the core of Labour’s values.
Boosting life chances, tackling the scar of child poverty, raising school standards, and striving for economic security for families have been defining pursuits of every Labour Government.
Through our Plan for Change, Labour is focused on breaking the unfair link between family background and future success, and giving all children the best start in life.
Check out what else we've done to break down barriers to opportunity:
500,000 more children eligible for free school meals
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2 million meals served at free breakfast clubs
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Largest ever childcare expansion
View storyPlan for Change
Our Plan for Change sets out ambitious but achievable milestones that will be reached by the end of this Parliament as we drive forward towards delivering on our key national missions, making real improvements to the lives of working people.
Built on the foundations of economic stability, secure borders and national security, this is what Labour will deliver by the next election:
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