Opinion: To the point - Where we went wrong

Last week, the annual survey commissioned by the DCSF of parents' usage, views and experiences of childcare was published (News, 5 June). The survey confirmed yet again that the poorest parents are not using formal childcare, and that there has been hardly any increase in the number of places. Mothers are wary of using nurseries partly because combining work and looking after children is so difficult, but even more because nurseries are expensive, and they don't think they are getting value for money. At the same time,...