Make nurseries exempt from VAT and business… Ministers should remove business rates and VAT from nurseries so that they are able to pay their staff more, a…
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Nurseries warn of ‘absolutely guaranteed’… A key plan to expand free childcare will “absolutely guarantee” the closure of more nurseries, the departure of…
‘This won’t stop nurseries going bust’ – mothers… In his spring budget the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced “landmark” plans to extend free childcare in England to…
Seven in 10 nurseries in England warn fees will… Seven in 10 nurseries and preschools in England will have no option but to increase their fees without additional…
The crisis in Britain’s nurseries: are we… Nurseries across the UK often provide a vital community service alongside…
The Guardian view on nurseries: put toddlers… The government has responded to the worsening crisis in the early years sector in the most unimaginative way, by…
‘It feels like a sinking ship’: inside Britain’s… It is 9am and nursery manager Michelle Shaw is in her office, eating toast at her desk as a buzzer repeatedly…
UK faces childcare crisis as staff shortages… Nurseries across the UK are being forced to close or reduce their services at an alarming rate because they are…