While the report, The Coalition: Our Programme for Government, outlines its support for free entitlement, it does not guarantee against giving struggling nurseries the power to charge fees, a move that much of the childcare sector has warned against.
Last month, CYP Now reported that the Tories were considering allowing top-up fees to give nurseries at risk of closure a lifeline. But in a debate hosted by Barnardo's prior to the election, former Lib Dem children's spokesman David Laws said his party would guarantee to continue with the free entitlement.
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