Childrens playgrounds axed
Labours plans, which started over two years ago, to give each local council in England funding to build 22 play areas by 2011 have been axed by the new government.
The Playbuilder proposal, which was to coast in the region of £235m, was designed to help develop 3,500 community playgrounds. Many of the play areas were even designed by children themselves.
The only playground developments to continue will be those where construction has already started. It is therefore estimated that 1,300 will be scrapped.
This has now led to fears over a potential increase in childhood obesity. Betty McBride, policy director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “When only one in 10 youngsters get enough exercise, playgrounds can provide a cheap, fun and easy way for children to get active outdoors.
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