To the Point..

Given that our sector had no meaningful involvement in advising the Government on the true costs of the Nursery Education Grant, one can be forgiven for seeing this highly laudable free childcare provision for all as a gift using someone else's money - namely, ours. However, with the way this grant is administered, it is easy for there to be considerable scope for misunderstanding. The current system has central government granting to a large number of local administrative areas - county councils,...