Nursery World broke the story last week of how the two friends who wentback to work part-time in a jobshare when their daughters were both oneyear old had been visited by Ofsted inspectors after a tip-off from amember of the public who believed they were running an illegalchildminding business.
A petition was started on the Number 10 website in support of the women,calling for a change in the law to allow reciprocal childcarearrangements. It had been signed by 9,770 people as Nursery World wentto press on Monday.
The two women, who have now come forward and agreed to be named, aredetective constables Leanne Shepherd from Milton Keynes and Lucy Jarrettfrom Birmingham, who work for Thames Valley Police.
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