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Recommendation 6
6
Commit to making Families First permanent and restore early intervention funding to 2010 levels.
Recommendation
The Department for Education must commit to making the Families First Partnership programme permanent if it demonstrates a positive impact. The Government must ensure that a significant majority of the new funding announced in the Spending Review is allocated to early intervention programmes and, in future, work towards bringing the level of funding back to 2010 levels, taking into account changes in the population since then. (Recommendation, Paragraph 19)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 17 October 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗