Neil Bentley, director of the public services directorate at the CBI'said the expansion of good childcare was being stifled as the Governmenthad not set clear rules on working with the private and voluntarysectors.
"We think the impetus behind the policy has slowed and even stalled.
The Government has failed to go far enough," he told the National DayNurseries Association's annual conference earlier this week.
Bentley said he was extremely concerned by reports that some councilswere working with private and voluntary sector providers and stealingtheir best ideas before reverting to running their own services. Hecalled for statutory commissioning guidance and training for localauthority staff responsible for commissioning services.
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