GOVERNMENT’S

Family Hub Policy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty met parents, babies and toddlers during a visit to promote the £300 million “family hubs” programme They met parents at the St Austell Family Hub in Cornwall who have completed a parenting skills course and spoke to them about their experiences One parent spoke of her anxiety at becoming a mother and being unable to be a parent and said the hub staff really helped with her confidence She told the Prime Minister: “I was a bit anxious in myself and as a parent I felt I had a job to do and I felt like I couldn’t do my job But I knew that wasn’t the case They (the staff) were really really helpful ” Mr Sunak and Ms Murty also joined a health visitor review where parent Giselle was visiting with her two sons, Brody, aged two, and six-month-old Seth Finally the couple spent some time at a stay-and-play group at the hub chatting to mothers and playing with their young children