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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rhiannon James

Rachel Reeves’ Budget ‘a recipe for total disaster’ for nurseries, Tories claim

The Tories claim the budget is a ‘recipe for total disaster’ for nurseries (John Stillwell/PA) - (PA Archive)

Rachel Reeves’ Budget is “a recipe for total disaster” with up to four in 10 early years providers expected to close as a result, the Conservatives have claimed.

Shadow education minister Neil O’Brien has called on the Government to publish the impact of the increase to employers’ national insurance contributions on nurseries and sixth form colleges.

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