A mum desperate to find her daughter a nursery place said she was "absolutely blown away" after asking her MP for help - claiming he Googled the issue then suggested local mums should set up their own childcare. Carla Brain's daughter has only been offered one day a week at her local nursery in Keynsham, but even that place is not available until 2025.
They are among many families struggling to find nursery places in the town near Bristol, and they are now calling on intervention from Bath and North East Somerset MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Worried about the severe childcare shortage they are facing in their area, 140 parents have now signed a letter to the Conservative MP asking for action.
However, when Carla went to meet Mr Rees-Mogg at his Keynsham Baptist Church surgery, she felt disappointed by his face-to-face response. Carla, who began putting down deposits at local nurseries when she was still pregnant, now remains without much hope of finding a full time place for her one-year-old daughter.
