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Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said.

Publicly-funded childcare and support for parents is as important as officers on the beat, Britain’s most senior policeman has said.

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DESPERATE parents are putting their children at risk of serious neglect by turning to cheap forms of childcare, a local charity has revealed.

Britax Childcare a maker of car seats for children has been put up for sale by its U.S. private equity owner Carlyle Group a newspaper report said.

Child car seat maker Britax Childcare is up for sale after its US private equity owner Carlyle Group hired investment bankers to draw up options.

Britax Childcare, the maker of child car seats and pushchairs, is to be put up for sale in a move that could fetch £350m. (15/08/2010 18:26:31)