To the point...

Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell considers low pay and the new model childcare workforce Who will work in the childcare revolution - the estimated 180,000 needed to staff the exponential rise in provision? How we recruit, train and reward these workers will determine the quality of the service: whether we muddle through, or raise the self-esteem of a devalued profession and thereby guarantee that children's first steps into the public world are a source of collective pleasure and pride.