Nurseries 'buried under paperwork'

Some pre-schools and day nurseries in England are in danger of being strangled by red tape and over-regulation, MPs have been told. During a debate in the House of Commons on 27 November on the problem of the bureaucratic burden faced by pre-schools and nurseries, David Cameron, Conservative MP for Witney in Oxfordshire, said settings in his constituency provided a 'magnificent service for children, parents and the wider community'. But providers had told him that they were having to spend more time on paperwork than with the children and that often they were taken away from childcare to fill in...