A spokesperson for the council in October said it (Oxfordshire County Council) was ‘facing the heavy burden’ of an additional £61m of cuts to its budget, and as a result would not be able to afford to continue to run all 45 of its children’s centres.
It was thought that the two children’s centres in Witney, the Prime Minister’s constituency, were among the centres at risk.
However, in what appears to be a u-turn decision, the county council, which this month published its budget proposals, now says it does not envisage closures for any children’s centres or early intervention facilities.
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