Editor's view

With the national daycare standards about to come into force from September, the Government might have been hoping that the furore over qualifications and training for early years workers had died down for the foreseeable future. That hope has been dashed with Gill Haynes's tough-talking outgoing speech as chair of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (see News, page 4). Taking the Treasury to task for its lack of commitment to a trained workforce, Mrs Haynes said development of the childcare workforce must be 'a key Government priority'. The splitting up of ministerial and departmental responsibilities for...