Members of the 200,000-strong organisation's national council voted unanimously in support of a motion instructing the FSB's policy group 'to assist pre-school providers in calling a halt to the Government implementation of the code of practice'. The motion by the FSB's Kent representative, Vic Peake, also urged the Government 'to undertake an urgent assessment of its impact'.
A delegation of nursery owners met children's minister Beverley Hughes on 26 October to voice their concern that the code's ban on charging top-up fees to meet the real costs of providing free nursery places for three- and four-year-olds threatens their livelihoods. So far, the minister has rejected calls for the ban on top-up fees to be lifted.
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