Warning over nursery place costs

Updated


The cost of a nursery place has almost doubled over the last decade as parents struggle with fees which are soaring towards levels being charged by private schools, childcare charities have warned.

A full-time nursery place will set a family back around £11,000 a year and the burden of such fees on working parents is akin to taking on a "second mortgage", found a report by the Daycare Trust and the Family and Parenting Institute.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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