Registered childminders from across England and Wales are meeting in Blackpool on 17 and 18 November for the National Childminding Association's annual conference and AGM. Among the speakers will be Maggie Smith, director of Ofsted's Early Years Directorate, who will talk about the transfer of the inspection of childminders from local authorities. Motions for debate include whether to lobby the Welsh Assembly for start-up grants and bridging grants for all registered childminders, and lobby the Government to change the way the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit is paid.
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