A threat to the future of childminding,parents and fellow childminders,please take note!

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Childminders have launched a change.org petition against proposals
put forward by Elizabeth Truss MP to deregulate childminders. The
campaign has attracted support from registered childminders (past
& present), as well as respected professionals from the wider early
years sector and concerned parents.
These proposals threaten a two-tier system of childcare, where only some
children will be able to access care regulated by Ofsted.
Childminders have worked tirelessly to meet the standards set by Ofsted and
provide high quality care and education within a home setting. These proposals
would destroy much of this work
We want assurance from government that they will build upon the significant
progress that has been made in the childminding sector in recent years,
ensuring that this is a step forward with positive benefits to all, but especially
for children.

From what I can gather,parents would no longer be allowed to use childcare vouchers and tax credits towards childcare fees if using a childminder,so it is an issue that certainly would affect parents greatly.
I cannot post the link to the petition here,but further information can be found on the NCMA homepage.
You could really make a huge difference in supporting this cause.

This government is anti-woman. Time and time again they are considering and implementing proposals that make women's lives harder. Undoutedly the intention here is to reduce the governemnt's input in to childcare by reducing take up of vouchers and of 15 hour places. The instigators are betting that women will stay in work but just be squeezed a bit harder without ability to use the 15 hours or get tax relief on the voucher amount. They don't realise how close to the bone some working parents cut it. That's because our government has the double whammy of being both elitist and deeply stupid.

This government is not anti - woman but definitely anti woman working. Traditionally that is what conservatives believe. They fully support the norm of nuclear family with sahm. I say norm, as whilst there is a lot of diversity now, the last time I looked the figures were still the highest for this type of family unit. Only just though by about 4%. Maybe the government are scared the gap is narrowing between the norm and other types of family unit and intend to widen it. I neither agree nor disagree, as it doesn't affect me. However, it does affect family and friends so I can sympathise. I know they will do it no matter how many people object, and alot of people on here did vote for them. They will deregulate childcare, hence giving them the ability not to subsidise it as at present for subsidy the provider needs to be regulated and registered