With the end of this financial year fast approaching, many parents are bracing themselves for that most unwelcome of communications – the news that their childcare fees are rising. Fee hikes are an inevitability in the face of so many escalating costs – which from April will include the rise in the national minimum wage. These fee increases will have to be significant to shoulder the growing burden of overheads.
In areas of the country where parents cannot afford this, many providers say they may have to close their doors for good (see online 15 February). As long as the Government covers its ears, there seems to be no way of breaking this vicious cycle of disadvantage.
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