Editor's view

The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when training and recruitment are perhaps the most pressing issues for these sectors at the moment. The huge numbers of people needed to staff the expansion of nursery education and childcare for both pre-school and school-age children will not be found easily, and any limbo that results after the disbandment of the National Training Organisations will only make matters worse. Longer term, the right decision...