Nursery rates for private operators to provide 1140 funded hours in East Lothian are to rise by up to 50% after a pay review.
East Lothian Council's cabinet agreed to raise its rates in a move which will cost the local authority an additional £811,000 a year.
The new rates, which will be backdated to the start of the current academic term, will see the current £5.31 hourly payments for all pre-school children go up to £6.39 for children aged three to five and £7.90 for two year olds .
