Nursery World broke the story last week of how the two friends who went back to work part-time in a jobshare when their daughters were both one year old had been visited by Ofsted inspectors after a tip-off from a member of the public who believed they were running an illegal childminding business.
A petition was started on the Number 10 website in support of the women, calling for a change in the law to allow reciprocal childcare arrangements. By Monday it had been signed by 9,770 people.
The two women, who have now come forward and agreed to be named, are detective constables Leanne Shepherd from Milton Keynes and Lucy Jarrett from Birmingham, who work for Thames Valley Police.
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