Thank you to every parent who came forward to share their experiences about fines and prosecutions. The story has been published by Sky News today: Article news.sky.com/story/parents-… Video youtu.be/hdDB5_tD3OA?si… Bridget Phillipson Catherine McKinnell Stephen Morgan MP 👇🏻

Senior leadership teams are force multipliers: effectiveness radiates from the top team throughout an organisation. Yet in a study by Center for Creative Leadership, two-thirds of the senior executives felt their top team was ineffective & only 20% felt that their team was high performing. Research

Cheshire East Council warns of a £7 million overspend’ on children and family services thenantwichnews.co.uk/2024/09/14/cec…

My The Guardian story: Black and minority ethnic universal credit claimants disproportionately likely to be hit with benefit sanctions, new official statistics published for the first time shows theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

I do hope that anyone who claims to be interested in tackling health inequalities is also VERY interested in that fact that a less skilled workforce is being disproportionately deployed to the most deprived areas this is how communities who have less power to speak up are

Further cuts to council funding would be ‘disastrous’ for struggling children's services, leaders warn government cypnow.co.uk/content/news/f…

DWP stats show Black and minority ethnic benefit claimants are disproportionately hit with UC sanctions: - Black claimants were 58% more likely to be sanctioned than white claimants - Mixed ethnic groups 72% more likely - Asian people 5% more likely theguardian.com/society/2024/s… 1/2

Black Universal Credit claimants are 58% more likely to be hit with sanctions than white claimants, while mixed ethnic groups are 72% more likely, PLP researcher Caroline Selman has discovered. Thanks to our partners Central England Law Centre as well as Patrick Butler & BlackEquityOrg ✍️

New analysis by PLP researcher Caroline Selman, working in partnership with @CELC, has highlighted that Black Universal Credit claimants and mixed ethnic groups are more likely to be sanctioned. Here's why we think the DWP needs to take action: theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

Steve Chalke This kind of saviour-complex drivel is why I've stopped supporting Oasis and why, to many families, professionals are often part of the problem and not the solution. Keep cults out of education.

Another special school for the deaf closes - from mid-2025, none at all in this part of the South East Most special schools for the deaf are non-maintained. Most LAs in this area are in DfE £ intervention schemes that require less use of non-maintained schools = kiss of death

Companies who profit from children in care and those who advocate on their behalf are simply unable to understand the depth of public anger. The best they can do is claim that it is too complicated for us to understand.

🚨Thinking of buying or renting a New Build home? I’ve visited one. It’s falling apart. Residents moved into this Croydon block in 2022. This is the state of it now … Pls #RT 🙏🏽

Great to speak to Left Foot Forward about my priorities as a new MP at #LDConf. For me, fixing SEND education is a top priority and I'll continue to push for real change that will support both pupils and parents. leftfootforward.org/2024/09/claire…

My The Guardian story: Government faces calls to abolish benefit cap after latest official figures show dramatic rise in families affected, trapping them in poverty and hardship. theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

Cheshire East’s children’s department does not have enough cash to fund improvement plan macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-new…

If you want to see what #OnRadar is and how it works, Book a Free Demo... You can meet Prof Adam Boddison OBE, our Managing Director, at the same time. #SBSWinnersHour onradar.uk/demo/?orta=TW-…

Unlawful children’s homes are demanding up to £20,000 a week per child and failing to keep vulnerable young people safe, the Family Court has heard. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Out-of-Office - How 'some' Local Authorities avoid taking responsibility for s42 CFA 2014 - the duty to 'secure special educational provision' Cambridgeshire County Council tiktok.com/t/ZGeEX8ysM/ #NeuroPunk #SendAgenda #SEND #EHCP #SENDNationalCrisis #SENDCrisis #SENDCrisisCambs #AnnualReview