Tony Blair suggests Labour may keep Nursery voucher scheme

nMr Blair last night suggested that Labour would keep the Government's voucher scheme for nursery education writes Paul Routledge.

Asked on Channel 4's A Week in Politics if he would scrap the system once it is in place, Mr Blair said: "No. If it's in place, then you have to work within the system that you take over and I don't know what changes we'll make to that now."

When the Government's plan was announced last week David Blunkett, Labour's education spokesman, denounced it as "a con-trick on children and parents".

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