Call to extend interest-free loans

Tes Editorial

12th October 2001 at 1:00am

The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses is demanding that childcare workers get help with accommodation costs. It wants them included in a Government scheme for interest-free loans to key public-sector staff in high-cost housing areas. The Government estimates around 150,000 new childcare workers will be needed in the next three years.

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