This is the latest development in a growing row about the Government'scode of practice on providing free childcare places to three- andfour-year-olds. Guidance, published earlier this year, clamps down onthe practice of charging top-up fees to cover the full cost of providingnursery education places. This came alongside increasing parents'entitlement to free childcare from 33 to 38 weeks per year.
Nurseries across England say they are struggling to meet the offer andcannot survive without asking for extra cash from parents. ConservativeMP and shadow education minister Maria Miller, who has tabled an earlyday motion in Parliament to highlight the issue, said: "The fact isthere is not enough money to make free places a reality."
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