The closures followed the collapse of the company running the nurseries, Excellence in Crewe Ltd, which went into administration in October.
While Cheshire East council initially took control of the nurseries, it decided after discussions with the administrators in December that from 2011 it would provide only the free entitlement for around 170 children, leaving around 130 without any childcare provision.
Parents have complained they were given no notice that the nurseries would be closing down and that it was left to the staff - who had also just found out that they were to lose their jobs - to break the news.
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