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Nurseries are already being strangled by lack of funding and now the National Living Wage (NLW) is pulling the noose tighter around our necks,’ says nursery proprietor Debbie Moliterno, who owns Cheeky Monkeys Day Nurseries in Bedford and Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
She explains, ‘I’m based in a deprived area so we struggle to charge parents extra money because many can’t afford it.’
Despite this, Ms Moliterno feels compelled to raise fees by £1 a day from April – knowing that this will be unpopular. ‘I want to look after my staff, but it’s hard to keep up their morale and raise their wages on the pittance of funding that we receive,’ she says.
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