Moves in Richmond upon Thames

Richmond's 104 PVI providers have until 31 May to sign up to a draft set of conditions to qualify for the Nursery Education Grant. They include giving the council's early years team access to do spot checks on registers and invoices each term. Anne-Marie True, owner of a Montessori nursery in Barnes, who plans to set up a branch of the Association of PVI Providers, said, The Government needs to know the issue is countrywide. This is a national crisis in an embryonic stage and building up rapidly as more providers realise the implications.