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The children’s centre where David Cameron’s mum works is being shut by the Tories, the Daily Mirror can reveal.

The closure of the centre where Mary Cameron works is a bitter blow in her battle to stop her heartless son's Tory cronies axing the vital free services.

And the volunteer told of her disappointment at the cruel decision that will leave hard-up families having to pay for the session and workers out of a job.

She even asked the Mirror for help after the local Tory council confirmed Chieveley and Area Children’s Centre in Berkshire will shut at the end of the month.

Mary, who has campaigned passionately against closures in neighbouring ­Oxfordshire where her son’s Witney constituency lies, said: “Yes I do volunteer there.

"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.

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“I enjoy it very much and have been going there for a year and drive families around occasionally.

“I’m don’t really know what can be done really as I’ve just heard about it. If it closes down then I shan’t be volunteering because there will be no one to volunteer for.

“If it keeps going at all I will obviously go on helping if I can.”

Asked if she has spoken to Mr Cameron about the closures, she replied: “No, because I don’t interfere. If you can do anything to help it would be great.”

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Mary has already voiced her ­disapproval of her son’s harsh austerity drive that batters the poor, disabled and vulnerable by signing a petition to save dozens of children’s centres in Oxfordshire.

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And the PM’s aunt Clare Currie has also campaigned against the closures.

But clearly her family connections are no enough to stop the callous cuts to ­council budgets that are behind the decision.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: “Children’s centres have a fantastic track record of supporting parents and families in those important first few weeks and months as a family.

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"David Cameron has said time and again how important parenthood is to him personally and helping families yet his policy of closing down and starving children’s centres of funds flies in the face of those ambitions.”

The centre Mary works at for a few hours a week will close for good as part of West Berkshire council’s £300,000 cost saving measures.

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A document seen by The Mirror outlines the shocking scale of the proposals, including introducing charges for the sessions.

The council insists the services will be still be ­available, but elsewhere in the county – leaving many parents with a long drive and those without cars stranded.

Ofsted inspectors hailed the Chieveley centre as “an important part of the local community” that caters for around 670 children under five. A recent inspection rated it “good” in all four categories.

The base provides “early childhood services” to help the lives of young families in the area.

Free courses include education and childcare, first aid training on babies and small children, a baby clinic and healthy eating advice sessions.

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A campaign to save the much valued service started last November, with shocked families gathering hundreds of signatures on an official petition as well as huge support on social media.

Mum-of-two Gael Williams from nearby Hermitage, told how the centre was a lifeline for many families in the surrounding villages.

She said: “So many parents use the centre it will be a huge shame for it to close.

"A lot of the families at the nearby Army barracks in Hermitage use it and I don’t know what they’d do without it.

“The council may well have plans to change the venues of the sessions offered here but it will be a long drive for many to get elsewhere and some parents don’t even drive so they will be stuck.”

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Victoria Stapleton wrote on a ­Facebook campaign page to save the centre: “Oh no, this is really sad.”

West Berkshire council confirmed free services will be replaced by paid-for ones.

It said: “We will not be able to provide all of the universal services that we currently do and some may cease.

“We will maintain popular sessions but will not be able to provide these for free. This may mean some families cannot afford the sessions they use.

“We will stop using four children’s centres, but our services will still be available in community locations.

“This means services will be available in local communities and some families will have less distance to travel.

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“However, for others the services may be at a different location, which may be less convenient for them.”

The council admitted “no alternatives were considered” to closure, due to be officially announced on March 24.

Centre manager Paula Craven said: “There will most likely be some ­redundancies and hopefully some ­relocations for certain staff.”

There are currently 3,000 children’s centres in England which are used by more than one million families.

At least 631 centres have been shut since the Tories took office in 2010.

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