The UK Education Secretary states that all children’s play areas in the country ought to be free to use, as he replied to the determination by Conservative members in Wandsworth to charge children for playing in the neighbourhood play area. The fee which has been projected is £2.50 per youngster, which many see as attempting to take advantage of children's need to be outdoors and playing together with their friends.
His remarks were made in the House of Commons in front of all of the other MPs in Britain, as he battled to defend the nation’s play areas from those that would like to charge for them. Even though the country is within the midst of the worst financial crisis for several years, he sees this as being a step beyond the boundary in trying to make cash to fill the government’s coffers.
One of the primary reasons why this plan of action has been so suspect is a result of the fact that the neighbourhood authorities presently get playground funding from central government, in order to ensure that youngsters have a safe place to play in the neighbourhood. Because of this the cash for playgrounds is presently coming from the taxpayer and because of this they are therefore paying two times for its use.
Wandsworth Council has backed up its plans by stating that the play area under consideration is a fully manned one, and not of the type that might be found in many parks across the country. It also stated how the two other parks inside the community would keep on being free of charge and that therefore the parents of the children would still have a selection relating to exactly where their children play.
Another high profile politician to get in this war of words recently is Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London. He joined a huge selection of people at a demonstration fairly recently to demonstrate in opposition to this suggested plan. It remains to be seen however if the council will backpedal facing public pressure or continue with their implementation of this controversial judgement.
His remarks were made in the House of Commons in front of all of the other MPs in Britain, as he battled to defend the nation’s play areas from those that would like to charge for them. Even though the country is within the midst of the worst financial crisis for several years, he sees this as being a step beyond the boundary in trying to make cash to fill the government’s coffers.
One of the primary reasons why this plan of action has been so suspect is a result of the fact that the neighbourhood authorities presently get playground funding from central government, in order to ensure that youngsters have a safe place to play in the neighbourhood. Because of this the cash for playgrounds is presently coming from the taxpayer and because of this they are therefore paying two times for its use.
Wandsworth Council has backed up its plans by stating that the play area under consideration is a fully manned one, and not of the type that might be found in many parks across the country. It also stated how the two other parks inside the community would keep on being free of charge and that therefore the parents of the children would still have a selection relating to exactly where their children play.
Another high profile politician to get in this war of words recently is Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London. He joined a huge selection of people at a demonstration fairly recently to demonstrate in opposition to this suggested plan. It remains to be seen however if the council will backpedal facing public pressure or continue with their implementation of this controversial judgement.
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