Early Years Single Funding Formula could 'devastate' childcare providers, MP warns

By Ruth Thomson, Nursery World, 2 December 2009

The introduction of the Early Years Single Funding Formula looks set to have a devastating effect on childcare providers, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for children, schools and families has warned.

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, voiced her concerns at the annual general meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare, where she criticised the way the new formula is likely to be implemented in some local authorities. 'The implementation of the Single Funding Formula has been handled badly in part of my constituency and I fear some of the providers will be wiped out if the...

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