John Woodward, head of Busy Bees, voiced concerns about the practical implications for private nurseries in working with local authorities to develop children's centres at the Daycare Trust's children's centres conference in London last week.
David Miliband, minister for communities and local government, spoke of 'double devolution', with central Government handing responsibility to both local authorities and communities themselves. He said, 'Individuals are the ones in the best position to know what their communities want and need.'
But Mr Miliband stressed that partnership was key to success.
During a question and answer session Mr Miliband said that the Government would help the development of children's centres by not giving local authorities too many targets to chase.
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