Ministers said today that their proposals to increase the number of two-year-olds staff can look after from four to five could potentially reduce the cost by up to £40 per week, for a family paying £265 per week for care for their two-year-old - if providers adopt the changes and pass all the savings on to parents.
However, survey findings show there is little appetite among providers to implement the changes, while parents have launched petitions and campaigns against the plans.
The announcements follow visits by children’s minister Will Quince to the Netherlands, Sweden, France and Scotland – whose staff: child ratios for two-year-olds the consultation launched today seeks to mirror.
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