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The Times reported that making this group pay employers' National Insurance could raise £2bn.

However, Ann Vandermeulen, from the Federation of Small Businesses in the South West, said trade-offs could have to be made if employers pay the real living wage.

"They have grown significantly, becoming a key local employer in our town and providing thousands of job and apprenticeship opportunities," she added.

But parents have told the BBC that high costs and a lack of effective support from politicians and employers mean the island does not cater to families as well as it could.

In 2003, to mark his five decades as a radio host, his employer at the time 2UE gave him a gold-plated microphone, which was stolen several years later.