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Fees to double at hard-up nurseries

Parents with children at beleagured inner-city nurseries are facing doubled fees. Parents using council and community nurseries in the London borough of Hackney have been contacted by the director of education warning of a steep rise in fees. Councillors want to cut Pounds 750,000 from the nursery service and are considering two options, which could result in top rate fees rising from 80 to 150 per week from 1 May.

Parents using council and community nurseries in the London borough of Hackney have been contacted by the director of education warning of a steep rise in fees. Councillors want to cut 750,000 from the nursery service and are considering two options, which could result in top rate fees rising from Pounds 80 to 150 per week from 1 May.

Children and parents occupied two council-funded day nurseries and staged protests last year after the council tried to close Fernbank Nursery and Atherden Road Nursery (News, 16 November 2000). After a short reprieve Atherden Road closed in January. Friends of Hackney Nurseries is warning that further closures, particularly of community nurseries, may follow if parents cannot afford the higher nursery fees.

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