In a bid to make savings from its budget, Enfield London Borough Council is proposing to close three of its four children's centres, leaving a single Family Hub.
The council's funding for children's centres is reducing from £1.6m to £1.03m per year.
A source told Nursery World that under the plans, which would take effect from April 2018 and are due to be put out for consultation this week, around 40 members of children's centre staff could lose their jobs.
The schools that currently manage the children's centres have been invited to bid for tender to run the single Family Hub.
Enfield London Borough Council is among a number of local authorities consulting on plans to reduce their children's centres as a result of cuts to Government funding.
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