"Decline in number of childminders*"

Ronald Reagan: “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And If it stops moving, subsidize it.”

So those registered childminders who survive the current onslaught will be getting those (extra) subsidies fairly soon?

* The heading is totally misleading of course - there are just as many childminders, it's just that there are fewer registered ones.

Debate continues at Tim W.