Children should be allowed to play outdoors more often and use playgrounds in safety, say the Conservatives.
New proposals were laid out in the report 'More Ball Games' published onMonday, as part of shadow universities and skills secretary DavidWilletts' Childhood Review, launched last June (News, 21 June).
As well as increasing adult supervision in public spaces, the reviewstresses the need to deal with bullying and increase children's accessto sport and activities.
Tory leader David Cameron said last week that a Conservative governmentwould aim to provide a maternity nurse for every new mother in her homefor up to six hours a day in the first week after birth.
