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Ban nurseries charging fees when closed and cap fees

Submitted by Catriona Jack on Thursday 1st May 2025

Published on Thursday 22nd May 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 22nd November 2025

Signatures: 80

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Accept ~ bank holiday ~ Banks ~ childcare ~ CLOSED ~ Holidays ~ Limited ~ Nursery ~ Offset ~ paying ~ Price ~ Raise ~ Unfair

Petition Action

Ban nurseries charging fees when closed and cap fees

Petition Details

We want the Government to ban nurseries charging parents childcare fees when they are closed and cap daily fees.

Additional Information

We feel that there are limited nursery places available, which means working parents must accept whatever the nursery dictates in their terms and conditions, even if they feel it is unfair. This includes paying for bank holidays when nurseries are closed and even general closures at nursery's discretion. We feel that childcare is so expensive that this could discourage many from working as they would be better off financially, by not working. We also want the Government to cap daily fees for private childcare so nurseries don't offset this limit by raising prices.


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