Nursery World - APPG eyes launch

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Childcare and Early Education has gained the backing of the National Day Nurseries Association, CACHE and the Foundation Stage Forum as well as the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

There are now sufficient sponsors to go ahead and the APPG is actively seeking a chair, who must be an MP, to take the group’s work forward.

The cross-party group is being set up following a campaign led by Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries.

The launch comes at a time when early years is clearly on the agenda, but the sponsors say the childcare and early education sector needs to press politicians of all parties for more progress.

There are a number of unresolved issues such as the roll-out of the 30 hours.

The five sponsors have published a letter in the latest issue of Nursery World, (out on Monday 26 June).

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