Families across the country have shared 1253 accounts exposing unlawful, harmful, or unethical behaviour by 134 local authorities.
Every major political party is represented among them — this is not about party politics, but about a system that is broken. Local accountability is being bypassed, and in places like Surrey, the truth has been buried. For over a year, the council concealed that it had the highest tribunal complaint rate in the country.
While councils face huge financial pressures around SEND, too often that pressure has translated into a culture of lying and treating children’s suffering as just another “problem to manage.” The result is a system that has become dishonest and brutalised.
If we reduce their SEND rights and throw our children to local authorities we cannot trust, we throw away their lives.
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Conservative Cllr Helyn Clack gave a misleading statement to the BBC in relation to routine lawbreaking by Surrey County Council concerning children.
They have ignored court directions 38 times in eleven weeks during legal proceedings.
In my adjournment debate I spoke about 3 SEND children who all avoidably killed themselves in part due to local authority failures.
I support the Prime Minister’s view in favour of a negotiated settlement, given the risks of regime change, but it must include protections against retaliation for protesters.
Marbelia was mistakenly registered as dead by the DVLA. She only found out when she tried to renew her licence.
I asked them if I want being harsh by describing their forecasts as "finger in the air".
