Parenting: Tories would ease up on 'monitoring parents'

Michael Gove MP took questions from parents and practitioners at a Family and Parenting Institute event in London on Monday. A mother displeased with the lack of healthy food served at her child's nursery asked whether school food regulations would be extended to pre-schools. Mr Gove urged her to tackle the problem herself by telling the nursery what she wanted. 'We don't want to preach too much,' he said. 'Tougher standards have driven the quality of school meals up, but these school meals aren't attractive to...