Times are hard, but the actions of some local authorities in clawing back funding for the free entitlement for threeand four-year-olds from nurseries if parents do not take their full 15 hours are very worrying.
Read our exclusive news story on pages 4-5 to find out about what appears to be a growing practice around the country, now that free places are funded on participation.
It is not a practice that the Department for Education condones, however, as its statement makes clear. On the other hand, the Code of Practice does not explicitly outlaw this either.
There are serious repercussions for both parents and nurseries.
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