David Wright, owner of Paintpots nurseries in Southampton, said, ‘We are in danger of being demonised in the same way as junior doctors.
‘It is almost the same process- they think ‘we have made the policy, they are not going to like it’, so they spin against the sector in the media to say we are being unreasonable.’
He was responding to Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah’s comments in Nursery World that the sector should acknowledge the government's record investment in childcare and ‘work with us’, 'rather than taking opportunities to manufacture outcry’.
Mr Wright added, '"Manufacturing outcry" is an inflammatory phrase, but what is it based on? That is somebody’s opinion - that this has been manufactured for the sake of it. We would love to provide the 30 hours if it was properly funded.
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