Families across the country have shared 653 accounts exposing unlawful, harmful, or unethical behaviour by 117 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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Together with Cllrs Sam Mearing and Steve Wotton, I handed in our petition for a pelican crossing on Meath Green Lane.
Thames Water have been fined their largest ever penalty of £122.7m for breaching rules over sewage spills and shareholder pay outs.
Lib Dem MPs in Surrey are hopeful that this is the beginning of a process of accountability for Surrey County Council as Cllrs Clare Curran and Maureen Attewell step down from their roles in the Cabinet of the Children, Families and Lifelong Learning
ITV news reports on Fiona's campaign to amend the Mental Capacity Act in honour of her autistic son, Christopher, whose life we believe could have been saved by this amendment.
Eight months ago, in my maiden speech to Parliament, I said that Fiona Laskaris would succeed in changing the law that prevented her saving her autistic son Christopher from murder. I went to Parliament to honour that commitment.
Chris asks Surrey Highways to not unnecessarily alarm elderly residents.
