<p>British Prime Minister David Cameron's 81-year-old mother has lost her job after a children's centre closed as a result of massive Government cuts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mary Cameron and her sister Clare Currie had last month signed a petition protesting against the Cameron-led government's plans to close 44 children's centres in Oxfordshire, including some in the Prime Minister's own constituency of Witney.<br /><br />Mary, a retired magistrate, said she was "very sad" after West Berkshire Council confirmed it would shut the Chieveley and Area Children's Centre where she works as a volunteer on March 24.<br /><br />"The closure of the children's centre where Mary worked is a bitter blow in her battle to stop her heartless son's Tory cronies axing the vital free services," The Mirror reported.<br /><br />"I am very sad that it is being closed down but if there's not enough money to pay for it things have to go," she was quoted as saying.<br /><br />"I don't really know what can be done really as I've just heard about it," she said.Asked if she has spoken to her son about the closures, she replied: "No, because I don't interfere. If you can do anything to help it would be great."<br /><br />The centre Mary works at for a few hours a week will close for good as part of West Berkshire council's 300,000- pound cost saving measures.<br /><br />West Berkshire Council confirmed free services will be replaced by paid-for ones.Centre manager Paula Craven said: "There will most likely be some redundancies and hopefully some relocations for certain staff."<br /><br />There are currently 3,000 children's centres in England which are used by more than one million families.<br /><br />Local authorities in England have had their government funding slashed by 40 per cent since Cameron entered Downing Street in 2010.<br /><br />At least 631 centres have been shut since the Conservative Party led by Cameron took office in 2010, the report said.<br /><br />Backed by a campaign group and signed by some 10,000 people online and in person, it says: "Our Children's Centres are a lifeline to new parents who rely on locally accessible advice and support at a time when it is most needed.<br /><br />"Cutting these essential services would leave families vulnerable and isolated, and fail an entire generation of children." </p>
<p>British Prime Minister David Cameron's 81-year-old mother has lost her job after a children's centre closed as a result of massive Government cuts.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mary Cameron and her sister Clare Currie had last month signed a petition protesting against the Cameron-led government's plans to close 44 children's centres in Oxfordshire, including some in the Prime Minister's own constituency of Witney.<br /><br />Mary, a retired magistrate, said she was "very sad" after West Berkshire Council confirmed it would shut the Chieveley and Area Children's Centre where she works as a volunteer on March 24.<br /><br />"The closure of the children's centre where Mary worked is a bitter blow in her battle to stop her heartless son's Tory cronies axing the vital free services," The Mirror reported.<br /><br />"I am very sad that it is being closed down but if there's not enough money to pay for it things have to go," she was quoted as saying.<br /><br />"I don't really know what can be done really as I've just heard about it," she said.Asked if she has spoken to her son about the closures, she replied: "No, because I don't interfere. If you can do anything to help it would be great."<br /><br />The centre Mary works at for a few hours a week will close for good as part of West Berkshire council's 300,000- pound cost saving measures.<br /><br />West Berkshire Council confirmed free services will be replaced by paid-for ones.Centre manager Paula Craven said: "There will most likely be some redundancies and hopefully some relocations for certain staff."<br /><br />There are currently 3,000 children's centres in England which are used by more than one million families.<br /><br />Local authorities in England have had their government funding slashed by 40 per cent since Cameron entered Downing Street in 2010.<br /><br />At least 631 centres have been shut since the Conservative Party led by Cameron took office in 2010, the report said.<br /><br />Backed by a campaign group and signed by some 10,000 people online and in person, it says: "Our Children's Centres are a lifeline to new parents who rely on locally accessible advice and support at a time when it is most needed.<br /><br />"Cutting these essential services would leave families vulnerable and isolated, and fail an entire generation of children." </p>