EDUCATION watchdog, OFSTED, will take on a new role of monitoring childcare standards.
The move will affect thousands of families and employees across the North West.
The new role of OFSTED is to increase the availability and make childcare more affordable.
The government is set to publish new standards which all childminders and staff of playgroups and private nurseries will have to meet.
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