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Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

The move is part of the Alliance’s Rewind on Ratios campaign to reverse the plans set out by education and childcare minister Liz Truss.

The Alliance says that although thousands of practitioners have signed petitions against changes to ratios the Government appears to be ignoring the views of the early years and childcare sector.

More than 14,000 people have signed the Alliance’s paper petition for parents of children attending the Alliance’s settings – 11,000 in the first 48 hours alone.

A parallel petition started by childminder Penny Webb has now reached more than 25,000 signatures, along with a petition from the Childminding Forum, which has similar numbers.

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