The 31-place Bonnie Babies Nursery is based at Hertfordshire Social Security Office, although not all the children's parents are DWP employees.
In February, the DWP told nursery manager Bridget Gill that the Hertford office was moving to a new building and the contract with Bonnie Babies would end in August. Ms Gill decided to continue operating independently and asked the letting agents for permission to become a tenant when the DWP lease ended.
Ms Gill applied to the DWP to become their paying tenant for the interim period, but was turned down. At present DWP pays for the nursery space and utilities. A DWP spokesperson told Nursery World the space would be needed for temporary staff relocation.
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