In its response to a Department of Children, Schools and Families consultation into the proposals the charity says many nurseries are already operating on the “margins of profitability or at a loss”. The proposals include a rise to £450 a year for daycare providers. By 2010 out of school providers will have to pay £400 and childminders £100. Anne Longfield, 4Children chief executive, said: "High quality child care doesn't come cheap and providers need to fund staff training...