Alliance responds to appointment of Stephen Morgan as minister with responsibility for early years

Please find below a comment from the Early Years Alliance following the news that Stephen Morgan has been appointed as minister with responsibility for early years.

Commenting, Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:

"We welcome Stephen Morgan as the minister with responsibility for early years. 

"There's no question that Mr Morgan begins this role at a particularly challenging time for the sector, with providers continuing to face severe staffing shortages and significant underfunding in the run-up to the next phase of the entitlement expansion. 

鈥淎s such, we look forward to working closely with him to ensure that the views, needs and concerns of providers are represented at the highest level, and that our sector finally gets the respect, recognition and support it both needs and deserves.鈥