Westminster parents fear cuts will harm their children’s futures, as the council seeks to move away from universal services to targeted two-year-old provision.
The local authority is consulting on proposals to remodel children’s and young people’s services to save £1.3m over the next two years, of which £665,000 will be from its children’s centres budget.
Meanwhile, the council spends around £140,000 on chauffeur-driven cars.
Anne Watson, who frequently attends the borough’s Westbourne children’s centre near Ladbroke Grove with her six-month-old son Oscar, said she would no longer be able to. The proposals include offering childcare for two-year-olds rather than babies.
Calling on dignitaries to consider a cheaper mode of transport, Ms Watson said, ‘If Boris can go to work on his bike as Mayor of London, so can the Westminster mayor.
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