Nursery World - Leitch warns of 'crisis' in early years sector 'crying out for change'

Neil Leitch has likened the early years sector’s frustration with the government and struggle to be heard to that of climate change activists, at the Early Years Alliance’s annual conference.

Speaking at the Early Years Alliance Annual Conference, Neil Leitch said that changing ratios would be 'an enormous backward step'

In his speech this evening, the chief executive of the Alliance said, ‘We’ve been crying out for so long that things need to change, that the sector is in crisis, that we need to act now to ensure we are able to continue to provide the best possible care and education for our children and families, and yet, so little seems to change.

'Instead, year after year, we have the same conversations - the same battles, over and over again.

'How many years have we been reading the same headlines about sky-high childcare costs and nothing changes?

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