Penny1959
03-07-2012, 12:36 PM
I sent this request so long ago that I had forgot that I had sent it!!
Anyway a response from the Labour Party as follows
Thank you for your recent email regarding the Government's proposals regarding childcare provision.
Labour recognises the need to look again at the cost of childcare, which is why we established a commission earlier this year to examine the best ideas from other countries such as Sweden and Denmark.
Parents are facing increasingly tough choices when it comes to managing childcare and returning to work; costs are rising, places are falling, and the support they receive from government through tax credits being slashed.
When assessing how to make the system work for parents, the quality of childcare must remain at the forefront of the Government’s concerns. Labour ‘s concern is that with Sure Start children's centres closing and the Government favouring deregulation, that quality childcare could be at risk in the drive to save money.
Labour will look carefully at the proposals that emerge from this commission whilst continuing to hold this Tory-led Government to account in the interests of hard working families.
Kind Regards
Frontbench Communications Team
On behalf of the Labour Party
39 Victoria Street | London | SW1A 0AA
www.labour.org.uk
Penny :)
Anyway a response from the Labour Party as follows
Thank you for your recent email regarding the Government's proposals regarding childcare provision.
Labour recognises the need to look again at the cost of childcare, which is why we established a commission earlier this year to examine the best ideas from other countries such as Sweden and Denmark.
Parents are facing increasingly tough choices when it comes to managing childcare and returning to work; costs are rising, places are falling, and the support they receive from government through tax credits being slashed.
When assessing how to make the system work for parents, the quality of childcare must remain at the forefront of the Government’s concerns. Labour ‘s concern is that with Sure Start children's centres closing and the Government favouring deregulation, that quality childcare could be at risk in the drive to save money.
Labour will look carefully at the proposals that emerge from this commission whilst continuing to hold this Tory-led Government to account in the interests of hard working families.
Kind Regards
Frontbench Communications Team
On behalf of the Labour Party
39 Victoria Street | London | SW1A 0AA
www.labour.org.uk
Penny :)