South Tyneside Council To Close 10 Nurseries

Absolutely disgraceful! These are the very places which assist parents, single or otherwise, to getting back into work.

They closed care homes in Derby. It’s what they do. But people still vote for them .

Thin end of the wedge.

MayBee70

They closed care homes in Derby. It’s what they do. But people still vote for them .

I simply just cannot understand why?

Actions speak louder than false campaign promises.

This:

leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outrage-as-reform-run-council-votes-to-shut-10-nurseries/

Labour has started a review in February this year:

Geraldine Kilgour, a Labour councillor for Fellgate and Hedworth ward in South Tyneside, told Left Foot Forward that while the previous Labour administration was reviewing childcare provision, the idea of closing the nurseries “wasn’t even on the lips of anyone on the Labour group”.

“Review of day care centres was, as we were advised, part and parcel of good practice and doing due diligence,” Kilgour said.

The Labour councillor said that “what they [Reform] should have done was review the service, as we said and look to maximising its capabilities”. She said that the decision to close the 10 nurseries was avoidable “without a doubt” and called the move “callous and heartless”.