I can hardly believe that this is the last column I will write as Editor of Nursery World after 24 years in a role that has always been fascinating and absorbing, supporting such a worthwhile and deserving sector.
When I joined Nursery World in 1996, the then-Conservative government had just brought in nursery vouchers, swiftly followed by Labour winning the next general election and establishing the first-ever National Childcare Strategy.
My own daughter was at nursery when I got the job on Nursery World, so I had a personal as well as professional interest in early years education and childcare. That interest has never waned as she has progressed through primary school, secondary school, university and into a career.
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