Funding is due to rise to £3.75 per child per hour - an increase of just 25 pence. Twelve pre-schools last week set up the South Bucks Nursery Forum and started a petition on the Number Ten website to protest about the way the funding is delivered. They say it will force them to pull out of offering the free entitlement and go completely private.
They have written to Buckinghamshire County Council about their concerns and announced their intention to withdraw from the funding as a group if they are unable to charge the fees they need to continue offering a sustainable service.
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