vanessa clarke, bbc news. joining us now is neil leitch from the early years alliance.rld, so parents desperately, desperately need help. but the reality is your report has just alluded to at we don't have the infrastructure to support that. we have seen record closures at a point in time when government is looking to expand this particular offer. we are seeing nurseries, childminders, preschools, go by the wayside. we have a recruitment and retention crisis that we frankly have never witnessed before. it is all good saying that we liked operators to move into the right areas. but they have to be financially viable. when you see the level of closures that we have seen clearly that is not the case. , , . ~' , we have seen clearly that is not the case. , , . ~ , ., we have seen clearly that is not the case. , .,~' , ., , case. just take us through why there are these closures, _ case. just take us through why there are these closures, and _ case. just take us through why there are these closures, and the - case. just take us through why there are these closures, and the i