The early years sector needs to keep on fighting for proper funding and children’s rights in the face of entrenched indifference, says Michael Pettavel
Michael Pettavel
Michael Pettavel

This new year, it feels a bit like we are standing at a crossroads. The election is now done, there is a stable majority and, for better or worse, the policy decided now we are going to have to live with for the next few years.

The opposition parties are in pieces and settling into post-mortem soul searching and infighting. The promises about an end to austerity appear to be aimed at winning votes and preventing services from totally falling apart, but there still doesn’t seem to be a plan for addressing the main issues facing us as we lurch into a new decade.

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