Low demand for childcare puts sector's future at risk as lockdown lifts

Derren Hayes
Monday, June 1, 2020

The childcare sector in England faces a fight for its survival, an industry body has warned, as latest research shows less than half of parents of pre-school children plan to take up places as settings reopen due to the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

Neil Leitch: 'The very future of the childcare sector is at risk'. Picture: EYA
Neil Leitch: 'The very future of the childcare sector is at risk'. Picture: EYA

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