Will ‘New Labour’ ever learn?   Clearly not, in desperation Gordon Brown’s candidate here in Bolton North East appears determined to smear the conservatives by portraying us as a threat to the Sure Start programme causing unecessary worry to many families.    In fact he couldn’t be further from the truth.

The Conservative Party is totally committed to Sure Start.    It is a fact that we want to employ an extra 4,200 trained health visitors into the service to support families who need the service.

Figures from a recent report,  published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families,  show that one in three families need more support, particularly with developmental checks, nutrition and vaccination advice.     The report makes it clear that families living in the most disadvantaged areas are still not getting the level of early year’s support they desperately need, that is why the Conservatives will introduce a universal health visitor service to provide  exactly the support families say they are not getting.

It really is time for change……………………..