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The future prospects of children in England are being hampered because society fails them in the early years, a leading health expert says.
Government adviser on health inequality Sir Michael Marmot highlighted data suggesting half of five-year-olds were not ready for school.
He said high levels of deprivation and a lack of quality services and support for parents were holding children back.
But ministers said investing in the early years was a priority.
Since the mid-1990s, the proportion of national wealth being spent on the under-fives has more than doubled, although spending has dropped slightly in recent years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29317098
Government adviser on health inequality Sir Michael Marmot highlighted data suggesting half of five-year-olds were not ready for school.
He said high levels of deprivation and a lack of quality services and support for parents were holding children back.
But ministers said investing in the early years was a priority.
Since the mid-1990s, the proportion of national wealth being spent on the under-fives has more than doubled, although spending has dropped slightly in recent years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29317098