Childcare crunch: ‘No country for working parents’
Post-Covid flexible work patterns are clashing with rigid creche hours and set fees
Post-Covid flexible work patterns are clashing with rigid creche hours and set fees
Parents are being asked to drop children off at entrances instead entering premises
Funding package comes just as most childcare providers prepare to close for summer
Hundreds of creches must submit ‘essential’ documents if they are to reopen in new year
Many smaller facilities warn they may not meet mid-December deadline for documentation
Some services have warned of aftercare price hikes of up to 40% in new school year
Minister says firms must administer affordable childcare scheme until September 2019
Group says interim measure needed to prevent services being ‘forced out’ of sector due to excessive regulation
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