Labour is promising to open 1,000 new Sure Start children’s centres in England.

Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he would invest £1bn in the early years centres, as part of a package of childcare support.

The Lib Dems will promise subsidised childcare for working families from when children are nine months old.

The Conservatives say they are already “investing record amounts in high-quality childcare”.

Childcare providers have expressed scepticism at the lack of funding details and warned of an “electoral arms race” on childcare promises.

On a visit to Leeds with shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, Mr Corbyn will promise to open a new generation of Sure Start centres, which provide health, welfare and education services for pre-school children.

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