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Just as we have done with the police, we will continue to protect all the public services in Scotland to the best of our ability with the resources that are available.
It is vital to giving children the best possible start in life, to supporting families to thrive, and to ensuring that parents and carers can work, train or study.
Our concerns relate to the manner in which the expansion of ELC policy has been implemented nationally and locally and the significant adverse effect which this has had on the childminding workforce which has declined by 26% (1457 iii childminders) in the last 5 years during the implementation of β1140 by 2020β .