Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said work such as Sure Start is “equally as important” as the activities of his frontline staff.

Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has claimed.

A childcare charity says it is concerned about the use of unregistered childminders in Northern Ireland.

Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said.

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Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said.

Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said.

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