Opinion: To the point - The cost of flexibility

Two things announced last week by the Government make an unfortunate basis for renewed fear in the nursery sector - the proposed increase in the availability of flexi-time working, and the desire to continue the expansion of free pre-school care. I have not come across one person in our sector that is against either idea, in principle. It would be strange for us to deny broader access to our provision to those who might otherwise not be able to afford it; further, as a sector totally reliant upon...