John Clifton (@john_clifton) 's Twitter Profile
John Clifton

@john_clifton

Chair of Trustees @ West Sussex Parent Carer Forum. Former CTO @ IBM. Love my family, making music, taking photographs. Passionate about SEND. Type 1 diabetes.

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Let’s talk about vested interests Bridget Phillipson The #SEND reforms are opposed by organizations run by volunteer parents and carers and supported by organisations and individuals funded by Department for Education schoolsweek.co.uk/little-surpris…

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National Demonstration Planned to Protect and Strengthen SEND Legal Rights  | Disability Rights UK disabilityrightsuk.org/news/national-…

Special Needs Jungle (@spcialndsjungle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On SNJ Today: Bridget Phillipson has dismissed the challenge against her #SEND proposals by lawyers as simply protecting their "vested interests" Eleanor Wright, Legal Officer with SEND law charity, SOS! SEN blasts the claim, saying it "defies logic": specialneedsjungle.com/send-lawyers-o…

On SNJ Today: Bridget Phillipson has dismissed the challenge against her #SEND proposals by lawyers as simply protecting their "vested interests"  Eleanor Wright, Legal Officer with SEND law charity, <a href="/sos_sen/">SOS! SEN</a> blasts the claim, saying it "defies logic":  specialneedsjungle.com/send-lawyers-o…
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This is outrageous. The #SEND consultation is a total con. The government doesn’t care about our views of the #SEND reforms. They have already decided to remove disabled children’s rights. Please join the campaign. saveourchildrensrights.org.uk lawgazette.co.uk/news/key-final…

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The government has admitted that decisions on changes to the powers of the SEND Tribunal and proposals to shift the legal duty to secure provision in Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) from local authorities to schools have already been made. rookirwinsweeney.co.uk/government-res…

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NEW POST: The DfE's response to the consultation legal case shows it doesn't care about your views of the SEND Tribunal—it’s already decided to kneecap it. For the sake of our children with SEND, we must not accept it specialneedsjungle.com/government-not…

NEW POST: The DfE's response to the consultation legal case shows it doesn't care about your views of the SEND Tribunal—it’s already decided to kneecap it. For the sake of our children with SEND, we must not accept it  specialneedsjungle.com/government-not…
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NEW POST: Accountability group, Measurewhatmatters.blog says in their view, the government’s position on the SEND consultation is manufacturing consent where none exists, and it’s an assault on democratic standards that must be resisted specialneedsjungle.com/not-our-name-m…

NEW POST: Accountability group, <a href="/civicwatchblog/">Measurewhatmatters.blog</a> says in their view, the government’s position on the SEND consultation is manufacturing consent where none exists, and it’s an assault on democratic standards that must be resisted  specialneedsjungle.com/not-our-name-m…
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WEBINAR RECORDING: SNJ's Legal Round Table on the #SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, with expert SEND solicitors, Hayley Mason Seager, Polly Sweeney, Eleanor Wright, and Kate Cox. Led by the SNJ team specialneedsjungle.com/webinar-record…

WEBINAR RECORDING: SNJ's Legal Round Table on the #SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, with expert SEND solicitors, Hayley Mason Seager, Polly Sweeney, Eleanor Wright, and Kate Cox. Led by the SNJ team specialneedsjungle.com/webinar-record…
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WEBINAR RECORDING: Here's a clip from SNJ's Legal Round Table on the #SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, with expert SEND solicitor, Hayley Mason Seager, discussing the impact on EHCPs if the proposals go through. specialneedsjungle.com/webinar-record… #saveourchildrensrights

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MPs: Make public any DfE guidance about framing SEND feedback. Publish outcomes of SEND events in full. Be honest in representing views. One is democracy. The other is choreography. measurewhatmatters.co.uk/2026/04/04/scr…

MPs: Make public any DfE guidance about framing SEND feedback. Publish outcomes of SEND events in full. Be honest in representing views. 
One is democracy. The other is choreography. measurewhatmatters.co.uk/2026/04/04/scr…
Special Needs Jungle (@spcialndsjungle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A few words from Gill, SNJ Co-Director, about the protest, the Law Gazette article and what you can do: "Labour MPs have received suggestions about what they should say to the Secretary of State for Education after they have met with families to discuss the SEND reforms, 1/

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Please share and follow our website and Facebook/instagram joint campaign page for details of national protests #SaveOurChildrensRights #SENDNationalScandal facebook.com/share/v/1aVrGx…

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NEW POST: Autistic teenage campaigner Tee Jay petitions Parliament to protect SEND Rights: Your task for the weekend: Please SIGN and SHARE his petition—let's get it past 10k in a week! specialneedsjungle.com/autistic-teena… #TeeJaysSENDPetition #SENDProtest

NEW POST: Autistic teenage campaigner Tee Jay petitions Parliament to protect SEND Rights: Your task for the weekend: Please SIGN and SHARE his petition—let's get it past 10k in a week! specialneedsjungle.com/autistic-teena… #TeeJaysSENDPetition  #SENDProtest
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On SNJ Today: Help us get #autistic teenage campaigner Tee Jay's Parliamentary petition to protect SEND Rights past 10k: Please SIGN and SHARE! specialneedsjungle.com/autistic-teena… #TeeJaysSENDPetition #SENDProtest

On SNJ Today: Help us get #autistic teenage campaigner Tee Jay's Parliamentary petition to protect SEND Rights past 10k: Please SIGN and SHARE!  specialneedsjungle.com/autistic-teena… #TeeJaysSENDPetition  #SENDProtest