Nurseries want to abandon scheme
Simon Vevers
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Cuts to the nursery education grant (NEG) that private nurseries in Northumberland receive from the local authority are prompting them to consider withdrawing from the scheme. Lisa Lowes, owner of the Rainbow Day Nursery in Alnwick, said the reduction from 406 per child per term last year to 375 in the current year had provoked an angry reaction from providers.
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