The parents of a nine-month-old boy who died when he choked on his food at a nursery has said the government’s planned childcare changes ‘puts lives at risk’. They plan to increase the staff ratio at nurseries to one adult per five children.
Together, they launched a petition on the UK parliament website which was signed more than 100,000 times, leading to a debate in the House of Commons last November.A petition from Oliver’s parents, calling on the government to reconsider earlier plans to change the staff ratio in nurseries, gained more than 100,000 signatures
Mr Hunt announced the plans as part of a larger package of changes to childcare in the budget, which also included 30 hours of free childcare for all under-fives from the moment maternity care ends.However, Lewis said: ‘Unfortunately, this £4 billion they are putting into the pot is not going to make a single difference.
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