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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6238793/Police-officer-forced-to-drop-childcare-plans-calls-for-more-Ofsted-discretion.html


"The women fell foul of new legislation set out in Labour's Childcare Act 2006 that prevents anyone from gaining a "reward" for looking after someone's children for more than two hours away from the child's home, unless they register with Ofsted and follow the normal childminder rules."

The Nappy Lady Wrote:

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> Oh no, hang on, it is probably OK as long as I

> never show any appreciation by giving someone a

> box of chocolates, or making them a cup of

> tea......



I think having them look after your child in exchange is the reward!

Agree with everything that's been said, and also did you see "They are thought to have been reported to Ofsted by a neighbour"?


It's a minor point, but what possible good could the neighbour have thought he or she was doing? It frightens me the way the increasingly stringent laws seem to be becoming interpreted so that anyone not cleared by CRB checks must almost by definition be doing wrong, and a possible child abuser or neglectful parent.

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