What are the most cost-effective ways to support parents and carers to help their children to learn and develop (from early years through to adulthood), including through play?

Background

The early years in childhood are crucial to supporting opportunity. This pillar of the Opportunity Mission aims to set every child up for the best start in life, measured against the proportion of 5-year-olds reaching a good level of development in the early years foundation stage.

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