the family of a nine month old baby boy who died after choking at nursery school have launched a petition against plans to change the adult to child ratio in early years childcare. oliver steeper died in september, following the incident atjelly beans nursery in ashford in kent. his parents say proposals to reduce childcare costs by allowing one member of staff to care for more than three infants would put lives at risk. josie hannett reports. look at you sat in your chair, mr oliver. oliver steeper was nine months old when he choked at nursery and died five days later. he was just perfect and. cheeky. ..crazy haired. and yeah. his parents, zoe and lewis, have launched a petition in response to the prime minister s suggestion to his cabinet to relax staff to child ratios in early years settings like nurseries, making it cheaper for parents to tackle the cost of living crisis. after losing oliver in a childcare setting, you know, to then reduce the adult to child ratios
i think it s great that american people want to work and put idea that people won t take lower-paying jobs. clearly they do. my crazy haired friend there has to redo his thinking. lowest wages companies in the world are cambodia, bangladesh and vietnam. highest is switzland. where would you rather live? high wages doesn t mean it s bat. reverse the telescope. if people have less money, they have less they play and companies lower prices it s a market. you want a maximum wage instead of minimum wage? it s market deciding it. you don t a maximum wage either. the other issue here is regulations are hurting the companies and hiring. we have 160,000 regulations on the books right now, that businesses can t really find their way around it or through. that s really hamstringing the american economy. if you get more sensical about lowering regulation and taxes do you think we ll go back to up where we were? obviously.