Alderson, Priscilla; (2008) Analysis: Children's plan - Are they listening? Nursery World , 12 (6) pp. 12-13.

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The Government set out its ten-year Children's Plan: Building Brighter Futures last December, with £1bn to spend over the next three years to improve services and outcomes for children in England. One aim is to 'halve child poverty by 2010 and eradicate it by 2020'. Another aim is that every child will be 'ready for success in school, with at least 90 per cent of children developing well across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile by age five'. This is the first British Government to take the early years so seriously. Huge sums have been spent on the Every Child Matters plans, on Sure Start, and on around 30 layers of planning, advisory and assessment committees nationwide. There are also the new buildings and equipment for children's centres across the country. And there are the funds that helped to lift 600,000 children out of poverty. At first glance, the cover of the Children's Plan looks very child-friendly - bright colours, happy children having fun, constructive play on a rainbow. The cover implies that the Government has children's interests at heart, likes to see the world from their viewpoint, and even treats them as partners. Children are co-builders of the rainbow that promises brighter futures.

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