Retrieved from <a href="https://www.angus.gov.uk/sites/angus-cms/files/2018-04/128_App.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.angus.gov.uk/sites/angus-cms/files/2018-04/128_App.pdf</a> [accessed 26 February 2019] In addition, in September 2017, COSLA stated:
"There is a risk, and reality already in some areas, that expansion and increase in flexibility by local authority ELC settings negatively impacts on private and third sector providers, as families opt for local authority settings in the lead up to 2020, prior to the delivery of the new service model."3COSLA. (2017, September).