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Graham Allen report calls for more investment in early intervention

4 Jul 2011

MP Graham Allen has challenged the Treasury to rebalance government spending towards early intervention and establish a fund that will raise £200m from private investors.

The second report published by Allen as part of his government-commissioned review, Early Intervention: Smart Investment, Massive Savings, calls on the Treasury to gradually rebalance government spending towards early intervention in the next comprehensive spending review.

His argument is there would be a "deadweight to the economy" of having to meet the costs of under-achievement and poor educational attainment in the future.

Read the full story from the BBC or the Telegraph.

The full report can be downloaded from the Cabinet Office website.

Tags: Early Years, Early years sector, Families, NLT Campaigns, Policy

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