PM's Office says childsitting friends don't have to register with Ofsted

[Dave Roberts]

The Prime Minister's Office has told petitioners that friends looking after children informally should not have to register with Ofsted. A petition, signed by 19,890 people, expressed support for policewomen Leanne Shepherd and Lucy Jarrett, who were prevented from looking after each other's children while one of them was working because this was defined as "childcare for reward". They would have to register as childminders under the Childcare Act 2006.

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