CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Oxfordshire faces legal challenge over children's centre cuts

Campaigners in Oxfordshire have launched a legal challenge against plans to cut children’s centres in the county.

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By Heather Jameson | 25 May 2016

Campaigners in Oxfordshire have launched a legal challenge against plans to cut children's centres in the county. 

The parents of children at the centres are claiming the council has broken the law by targeting the children's centres for cuts in a bid to meet its funding shortfall. 

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