Three council-run nurseries in Boris Johnson's constituency which look after 102 toddlers are being shut down, leaving 29 staff without a job.
Parents say they've been left devastated after Tory-run Hillingdon Council quietly announced all council-run nurseries will be shutting down.
The families are also claiming that local Conservative politicians won't answer their emails, ahead of the planned closure in December.
Hillingdon Council is forcing through the closures of Uxbridge Early Years Centre, Nestles Avenue Early Years Centre and South Ruislip Early Years Centre under “special urgency".
The Conservative-run council wants to save cash - but families fear it will come at the cost of affordable childcare places for their youngsters, MyLondon reports.
Parents expect to see an increase of between £400 - £1,000 per month in switching to private providers.
They say local Tories including their MP Boris Johnson have failed to respond to their petition or their letters expressing their concerns over the shut-down.
Mr Johnson is currently on his second holiday in two weeks, and largely out of contact, despite leaving Number 10 in just over two weeks.
Local parent Orest Bakhovski said: “Every parent is scrambling for a private nursery now.
"The cost impact will be significant on parents. The council leader Ian Edwards is quite an advocate for early years care.
"He said all councils should work together to strengthen it. The next month, he suggests it's not that important and they’re shutting facilities down."
He added: "Parents have less choice and less access, particularly for under fives before they start school. It’s extremely frustrating. No steps seem to have been taken to make these viable.
"The council just wants a cash injection. Yet the budget in February said the books were balanced for five years.
"Staff were showing prospective parents around the week they got the announcement they were closing down. Distraught parents were calling up who were going to go on mat leave and said they’d struggle now.”
Mr Bakhovski added that he had “not heard a peep” from Boris Johnson.
He said: “It’s a wall of silence. It’s not right. It feels like we don’t have an MP at the moment. You’d assume a team was watching his inbox.
"But no one has responded. It feels like he’s just waiting for the next chapter - or he’s moved on earlier. Him moving to Dulwich wouldn’t say a lot. He’s not had his heart in Uxbridge. It’s a career seat.”
First time mum Su said: “I felt supported by staff at Nestles Avenue and was excited for my child to start there in a matter of a few weeks.
"However, at such short notice, Hillingdon Council has stopped new children from joining the Early Years Centres with immediate effect.
“As I draw my maternity leave to a close, I am left scrambling for alternative childcare providers so late in the day.
"Not only has Hillingdon Council’s decision negatively impacted my wellbeing, I am worried and anxious at the care my child will receive as well as struggling to meet the extra costs associated with finding a new provider.”
Labour leader, Cllr Peter Curling, said: “The decision seems to have come out of the blue right at holiday time…Where has the PM - our MP - been?
"Boris Johnson was at one of the centres only in November. And now it’s closing down he’s nowhere to be found. It hasn’t felt like we’ve had an MP since 2015.”
He added: “We will do whatever we can to support the parents. We’ve got a full council coming at the end of September. So it’s far from a done deal. If we can help the parents and get the council to listen or pause it, I’m sure some solution can be found.”
A Hillingdon Council spokeswoman said: "Following considerable deliberation we have made the difficult decision to close our three early years centres at the end of December.
"Despite trying different ways to keep the service sustainable and in the context of declining birth rates, unfortunately the centres continue to be financially inviable, costing council taxpayers more than £532,000 a year in subsidy.
"The council’s provision represents only one per cent of the capacity in Hillingdon and demand can easily be met locally by other providers.
"Financial pressures caused by current rising inflation have forced the council – like all local authorities - to look at where efficiencies can be made. The closures will allow us to fund enhanced and more targeted family services.
“We know this announcement will be an unwelcome surprise to those affected.
"We will actively support children and families to find and move to an alternative provider as we phase out the service in the next few months. We will also provide support for affected staff.”
The parents have set up a petition to save the nurseries
