Council bills neighbours for care across borders
Laura Marcus
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Overspending by Edinburgh City Council has opened up a geographical question over how councils pay for free nursery education entitlement in Scotland. Under proposals by the children and families department, commuters who use childcare in the Edinburgh area would no longer have their free nursery education places paid for by the city council. Education councillors agreed that they would now bill surrounding councils for non-residents'
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