Parents have hit out after being told their nurseries are hiking fees by 12%.
With many families already struggling to make ends meet amid the cost of living crisis, mums and dads have told us it's 'barely worth working' as often one person's whole salary is swallowed up by the 'extortionate' cost of childcare.
The Just Childcare nursery chain, which currently charges around £55 a day from 7.30am to 6pm, wrote to parents at the end of February with its 'fee review', which it says it has 'no alternative' but to implement. A 12% rise from £55 would put rates at around £61.60 a day or £308 for a full five-day week.
