Opinion: Editor's view - Unpaid fees are just adding to sustainability woes at some nurseries
Nursery World
2 October 2008
The system of tax credits to help parents pay for childcare has been beset by problems of fraud and misuse since it started, but there are now signs that the current economic conditions will lead to an escalation in unpaid fees that could seriously threaten nurseries' viability.
Nurseries in Liverpool have resorted to alerting each other about miscreant parents who leave owing thousands of pounds in fees (see News, page 4). As one nursery owner says, 'For some people, we seem to come somewhere below the cat litter in their list of priorities.' And on Nursery World's website forum, you...