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FOUND: 2 - What They Never Told You

The impact of Send changes in England: four likely scenarios for children

Different situations in which pupils could be affected by the new special educational needs and disabilities system

The Guardian - UK

Starmer orders ethics chief to investigate Labour minister over targeting of reporters

Labour Together reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe

The Independent UK

How is Send system changing under Labour plans?

The plans are forecast to cut the amount of children awarded specialist provision

The Independent UK

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Kemi Badenoch plans to double apprentice numbers and cut university entrants

The Conservative leader also wants to reduce the amount of interest paid on some student loans.

Evening Standard

Phillipson vows inclusion for Send children amid concerns over support reforms

The current system ‘does not work’, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Evening Standard

Fewer children in England to get EHCPs by 2035 under Send overhaul

Bridget Phillipson announces plans to make special educational needs system less reliant on cash-strapped councils

The Guardian - UK

Children with current highest level of Send support set to fall from 2030

The Government has published its Schools White Paper, including how it will reform the Send system.

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Met police arrest former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson – as it happened

The arrest followed search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas, police said

The Guardian - UK

Starmer sets out reforms to address failing special needs education

The Government has announced extra funding for special education needs and disabilities provision in mainstream schools.

The Independent UK

What do the SEND reforms mean for schools in England?

Mainstream schools in England will receive direct funding to support Send children as part of a plan to make the system more inclusive

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: Will the new Send reforms work for England’s children?

In today’s newsletter: Rising need and shrinking budgets have left England’s Send provision at a crossroads, with children’s futures hanging on the success of Labour’s reforms

The Guardian - UK

Send support for schoolchildren in England to be given £4bn overhaul

‘Generational’ policy changes are a key moment for education secretary Bridget Phillipson and for Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

My late brother’s struggles in school inspired Send overhaul, Starmer says

The reforms come as part of a major overhaul of the education system in England being set out by the government on Monday

The Independent UK

Why is the Send system being overhauled – and what might change?

Labour expected to outline sweeping changes to special educational needs provision with council debt surging

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‘Beyond worried’: the families waiting to hear how Send overhaul will change their lives

Already struggling to get help, families with children with special needs are concerned changes could make things worse

The Guardian - UK

Minister says children in England will get support more quickly under Send overhaul

Bridget Phillipson says government is ‘not taking away support’ as she prepares to announce changes

The Guardian - UK

Defence secretary says he hopes to deploy British troops to Ukraine - as it happened

European leaders said in December that Europe was ready to lead a “multinational force” in Ukraine as part of a peace agreement proposal

The Independent UK

We will halve disadvantage gap in schools, ministers say in landmark education reforms

The government will reform how schools get targeted disadvantage funding as part of an attempt to tackle the gap in achievement between pupils from poorer backgrounds compared with their more affluent peers

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Lib Dems push for Send to be given essential infrastructure status

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Private equity firms are ‘cashing in’ on broken Send system, Lib Dems say

Lib Dems leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the Send sector to be given legal protections

The Guardian - UK

Special needs support eligibility to be reviewed at start of secondary school in England

First cohort to be affected by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood

The Guardian - UK

Councils in England call for ‘radical’ means testing of Send school transport

Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warn

The Guardian - UK

I fear that Labour’s special needs revolution will instead be a catastrophic letdown

A familiar story is unfolding: of lofty aims undermined by meagre budgets, constant anonymous briefing – and a drive to remove families’ basic rights, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Reeves urged to reassure MPs over public finances amid £6bn-a-year Send costs

City analysts say financial market investors will be worried if cost is deducted from budget surplus

The Guardian - UK

Send provision leaving deprived areas of England ‘trailing behind’, report finds

Ex-education secretaries urge change as data shows special educational needs spending rising fastest in wealthy areas

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