The Pre-school Learning Alliance is one of a number of organisations to have criticised the plans.

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The warning comes after the Pre-School Learning Alliance condemned the planned changes at a conference on childcare.

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The Pre-School Learning Alliance says that more than 11, 000 parents have signed a petition against the changes to childcare ratios in England.

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The recovery has brought a cautious welcome from the Pre-School Learning Alliance - particularly now that the education secretary is becoming directly involved.

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Neil Leitch, of the Pre-School Learning Alliance charity, said he was pleased the prime minister was prepared to compromise but the current "ill-considered" proposal should be scrapped altogether.

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It is developed in joint partnership with the government (which supports an immense national educational enterprise from pre-school to adult learning), individuals (who invest in marketable skills), and companies (who invest in firm-specific skills for their employees in order to generate economic rents).

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Psychologists support the learning and wellbeing of children and young people, and also offer pre-school home visits for children with support needs.

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