Submitted by Diane Basseux on Monday 25th November 2024
Published on Tuesday 24th December 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 24th June 2025
Current Signatures: 24
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Abolished ~ business rates ~ Busy ~ Children ~ Early Years ~ Education ~ England ~ Minimum ~ Minimum wage ~ Next year ~ NICs ~ Nursery ~ Offered ~ Quality ~ Scotland ~ Scotland and Wales ~ Staff ~ The National ~ Time ~ Wales ~ Years
Abolish Business Rates for Early Years Nurseries in England
Scotland and Wales have abolished business rates for nurseries, so we think England should follow suit.
We think nurseries are facing extremely tough times next year with the increase in employer NICs and the national minimum wage. Nurseries have set staff to children ratios, so may not be able cut back on staff like other businesses, without affecting their income, because this would also reduce the number of children they can take. Nurseries also have to pay VAT on purchases but are VAT exempt. We think nurseries need help with running costs if they are to survive and continue to offer high quality early years education to young children. We think abolishing business rates will go some way to doing this.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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