A childminder has written to childcare minister Elizabeth Truss, asking her to stop sending standard replies to letters raising concerns over the government’s proposed childcare reforms. Sarah Neville, a childminder representing the online childminder network Childminding Forum, wrote: “I would like to respectfully ask that the Department for Education and Ms Truss stop sending out standard letters thanking me for my concern and asking me to read More Great Childcare to find out more about the government’s plans for the future of early years. I can assure you that I read the More Great Childcare plan in great depth while writing the analysis document which I sent you.” The letter also said the Childminding Forum’s petition against changes to child-to-staff ratios in early years settings had been signed by 33,845 people to date.
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