Scottish National Party members on Edinburgh City Council pulled out ofa coalition on the schools closure programme with the majority LiberalDemocrats on 3 September. Consultations on closing down two of thenursery schools affected were due to begin that day. In all, six earlyyears settings and one third of full-time nursery places were underthreat (News, 6 September).
The council has confirmed that the current consultation process will beformally terminated at the next full council meeting later thismonth.
Campaigners warned that this was only a temporary respite. TinaWoolnough, chair of Parents in Partnership, said, 'The SNP are justsaying that the consultation process is a mess, not that they areagainst the closures. Now the Lib Dems are insisting their SNP partnersgo to their colleagues in the Scottish Parliament and ask for more moneyfor education.'
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