Nursery World - Childcare Commission - the Government wants your ideas

The Government is calling on early years and childcare providers, parents and others to put forward their ideas about how to make childcare more affordable and accessible.

The call for evidence runs until the end of August and the commission will report in the autumn.

David Cameron said, ‘I urge the everyday experts – the parents, childminders and nursery owners – to get in touch with ideas for how we can make the system better and more affordable.’

Children’s minister Sarah Teather and Maria Miller from the Department for Work and Pensions, are leading the commission.

The consultation focuses on three main themes:

Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association, said that ‘removing regulation won’t do anything about reducing the cost of childcare'.

‘Nothing should jeopardise quality and quality is improving. We need to look at everything in totality. The Government haven’t responded to the Nutbrown review yet and that will have cost implications.’

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