An emergency motion raising concerns about plans to cut holiday opening at several council nurseries in East Lothian was rejected ahead of a meeting this week.

East Lothian Council has said it intends to change the number of weeks some of their nurseries are open throughout the year to return them to school term times only from August next year.

The move comes four years after the local authority introduced the alternative year round model giving parents the option of spreading their 1140 hours of free nursery time over 48 weeks instead of the traditional 38 weeks and keeping some nurseries open over the summer holidays.

The local authority says seven nurseries who offer the additional weeks will return to the 38 week year but insist they will ensure that parents can still access nurser

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