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All council's nurseries may go private

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The last five remaining local authority nurseries in West Sussex could be privatised under plans being considered by the county council.

As part of proposals to put five financially unviable council-run nurseries out to tender, Pete Bradbury, councillor for children and families at West Sussex County Council, is writing to all nursery staff asking if they would like to run the nurseries themselves under a social enterprise model.

'Across West Sussex, most childcare is provided by the PVI sector, so the purpose of this exercise is to see if we can find alternative means of provision,' said Mr Bradbury. 'Bearing in mind we subsidised the nurseries £179,000 this year, is it fair? We want a more level playing field. Let's let fairness prevail.

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