financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that from the national day nurseries associationare leaving teaching to work in retail where they can earn more. it blames the government for under funding free childcare places. i've been speaking to neil leitch from the early years alliance. and the reality is that it has never been worse. we have known for several years that we are in decline when it comes to actually recruiting people to come into the sector. as your report clearly showed, there is a major problem particularly at this point in time. we operate some nurseries in areas of deprivation. we had to temporarily close some of those nurseries because we cannot recruit staff. it is absolutely critical at this point in time. there is a reason why staff are choosing to go to supermarkets and other sectors. that is because we we re other sectors. that is because we were singled out by the low paid commissionjust two were singled out by the low paid commission just two years ago as being one of the worst payers in the country. that is because we do not get enough funding, as

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries associationwhich says people are leaving forjobs in areas such as retail, where they can earn more. the association is calling on the government to provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager, ann marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we have had two members of staff that went travelling, one went three years ago, and other recently. i asked if they would come back and they said that they by going to go at work, one in a supermarket, the other in a bar, because it was more money. that was the only reason, that i could not better the wages. she says that is because most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. now one group is warning that

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries is creating a workforce crisis in england, according to a charity. the national day nurseries associationing roles to work in retail because they can earn more. it blames the government for under funding free childcare places. the department for education say children from low income families benefit from free childcare, but are monitoring the sector. new national guidelines on sleep could be introduced by the government. a review into how much shut—eye we should be getting is thought to be being included in a draft paper on public health. we would all rather be there now, let's face it. it looked cosy! scientists have released fascinating images of the world's largest iceberg, on the move. take a look at this. satellites have been tracking the progress of a i60km block of ice, since it broke off from the antarctic ice shelf two years ago. the berg, which is thought to weigh around one trillion tonnes is predicted to make its way north towards the south atlantic on a path that has become known as "iceberg alley." britain has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the gulf, amid

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries is creating a workforce crisis in england, according to a charity. the national day nurseries association teaching roles to work in retail because they can earn more. it blames the government for underfunding free child care places. the department for education say children from low income families benefit from free child care, but are monitoring the sector. scientists have released fascinating images of the world's largest iceberg on the move. take a look at this. satellites have been tracking the progress of a 160km block of ice since it broke off from the antarctic ice shelf two years ago. it is hard to get the scale of it, i guess, from those pictures. the berg, which is thought to weigh around one trillion tonnes, is predicted to make its way north towards the south atlantic on a path that has become known as ‘iceberg alley‘. which is somewhere you would not wa nt to which is somewhere you would not want to go down on a dark night. true. does not really go very far. it has been two years and it is hard to get a sense of scale and itjust sort of fleets around... i will have a proper l

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries associatione. the association is calling on the government to provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. get ready to catch it! this private day nursery in manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager, ann—marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we havejust had two members of staff that went travelling. one of them went three years ago, another has gone recently. i asked them if they would like to come back and one said that she was going to work in a supermarket and the other one in a bar because it was more money. was that the only reason? yes, the only reason, as i could not better the wages they were on. that's because most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time the government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. now, there's a warning that it is increasing

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries association people are leaving forjobs in areas like retail where they can earn more. the association is calling on the government to provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager, anne marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we have had two members of staff that went travelling, one went three years ago, and other recently. i asked if they would come back and they said that they by going to go at work, one in a supermarket, the other in a bar, because it was more money. that was the only reason, that i could not better the wages. she says that is because most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. now one group is warning that that's incre

and independent nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england according to the national day nurseries associationere they can earn more. the association is calling on the government for more money to support free childcare places. katie austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager says finding and keeping those staff has recently got muc harder. we have had two members of staff that went travelling, one went three years ago, and other recently. i asked if they would come back and they said that they by going to go at work, one in a supermarket, the other in a bar, because it was more money. that was the only reason, that i could not better the wages. she says that is because most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. now one group is warning that it's increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ. we have seen over the last three years

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries association provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester wants

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries associationeaching to work in retail where they can earn more. it blames the government for underfunding free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. goes like this private nursery wants its staff to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager says finding and keeping those staff has recently finding and keeping those staff has rece ntly got finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we have just had to remember is of staff that when travelling, one went for a good three years ago, one recently. i asked them if they would like to come back and they both said they we re come back and they both said they were going to work, the others in a supermarket at the other in a bar, because more money for that was only reason. i couldn't better the wages. she says most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time the government pays less than the market rate, costing a financial shortfall. now one co

financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries is creating a workforce crisis in england, according to a charity. the national day nurseries associations to work in retail because they can earn more. it blames the government for under funding free childcare places. the department for education say children from low income families benefit from free childcare, but are monitoring the sector. new national guidelines on sleep could be introduced by the government. a review into how much shut—eye we should be getting is thought to be being included in a draft paper on public health. according to the times, the idea is being looked at by the health secretary, matt hancock. anything less than seven hours is not good for us. we kind of knew that. when using it in and white... we do not get seven hours a summer night. no, we definitely don't! it has been more of a marathon than a sprint, but the conservative leadership race is on the home straight. finally! last night, the two contenders, boris johnson and jeremy hunt were once again under scrutiny. no tv debate this time — instead, separate half—hour grillings from the bbc‘s andrew neil, who