'Register nannies after the election'

An independent trade union has called on the next Government to ensure that no childcarers in Britain are unregistered. The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN), a division of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), said last week that it wants the next Government to end the exception which means nannies are the sole form of unregistered and unregulated childcare in Britain. As part of its election manifesto PANN said it wanted the next Government to set up a national register of all childcarers, which would include around 90,000 nannies as well as childminders and daycare staff.