UNICEF has urged the prime minister to guarantee universal access to basic early-life services for parents in the UK.
Andy Murray is among a host of celebrities putting his name to a UNICEF appeal to Rishi Sunak to guarantee basic early-life services to all children in the UK.
The tennis star joined other famous names, including actors Ewan McGregor and Michael Sheen, singer Rita Ora and Oscar winner andIn the Baby and Toddler Guarantee, the charity said maternity services, support for mental health, infant feeding and health visiting, early childhood education and care, special education needs and disability provision, should be"accessible, quality, and fully resourced".
UNICEF cited the government's own data to back its plea, showing UK child poverty increased by 300,000 in a year, to a"staggering" total of 4.2 million. In the charity's poll last year two-thirds of parents of children up to the age of four said the cost-of-living crisis had negatively impacted them as they struggled to afford food, pay bills and manage increasing childcare costs.
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