Research for City Hall revealed that 64 per cent of nurseries and 56 per cent of childminders consider their services to be at immediate risk of closure or to be facing potential closure in the next 12 months.
The problem is most dire in more deprived areas of the capital, where 70 per cent of nurseries class themselves as ‘struggling’, compared with 59 per cent in more affluent areas.
With the Coronavirus pandemic impacting on the already-fragile finances of many childcare settings, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is calling on ministers to address a funding shortfall that has driven many of London’s more than 10,000 early years providers close to closure.
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